capelinha
Portuguese, noun/ka.pɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
capelinha is spelled C-A-P-E-L-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capelinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of capela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais”.
What does capelinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of capela
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
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 capelinha
- capelinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capelinha?
- Brazil /ka.pɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ka.pɛˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.pɛˈli.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capelinha in Portuguese?
capelinha appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).