carrocinha
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
carrocinha is spelled C-A-R-R-O-C-I-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carrocinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a vehicle, usually a van, used by pounds (animal control services)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of carroça. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veículo que recolhe animais sem dono, como cães e gatos das ruas”.
What does carrocinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of carroça
- 2
femininea vehicle, usually a van, used by pounds (animal control services)
- 3
femininea pound, animal control service
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veículo que recolhe animais sem dono, como cães e gatos das ruas
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 carrocinha
- carrocinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carrocinha?
- Brazil /ka.ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ka.hɔˈsĩ.j̃ɐ]
- /ka.ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carrocinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carrocinha in Portuguese?
carrocinha appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).