chihuahua
Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈwa.wɐ/
chihuahua is spelled C-H-I-H-U-A-H-U-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chihuahua is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chihuahua (breed of dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chiuaua (raça de cachorro)”.
What does chihuahua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinechihuahua (breed of dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado do México, que faz fronteira com os Estados Unidos da América e confina com os estados mexicanos de Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango e Coahuila; a capital é Chihuahua 2. capital do estado mexicano de Chihuahua
noun: 1. chiuaua (raça de cachorro)
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 chihuahua
- chihuahuas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chihuahua?
- Brazil /ʃiˈwa.wɐ/
- Portugal /ʃiˈwa.wɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chihuahua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chihuahua in Portuguese?
chihuahua appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).