cãozinho
Portuguese, noun/ˌkɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/
cãozinho is spelled C-Ã-O-Z-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cãozinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “puppy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cão: a small-sized dog. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cão pequeno”.
What does cãozinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of cão: a small-sized dog
- 2
masculinepuppy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cão pequeno
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cãozinho
- cãezinhos plural
- cãozinhos plural proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cãozinho?
- Brazil /ˌkɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˌkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˌkɐ̃w̃ˈzi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cãozinho in Portuguese?
cãozinho appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).