canudinho
Portuguese, noun/ka.nuˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
canudinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a kind of appetizer made with fried dough shaped into a cone, stuffed with a sweet or savory filling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of canudo.
What does canudinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of canudo
- 2
Brazilmasculinea kind of appetizer made with fried dough shaped into a cone, stuffed with a sweet or savory filling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of canudinho
- canudinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canudinho?
- Brazil /ka.nuˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ka.nuˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐ.nuˈdi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canudinho in Portuguese?
canudinho appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).