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chinelos

Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈnɛ.lus/

chinelos is spelled C-H-I-N-E-L-O-S (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chinelos is a Portuguese noun meaning “plural of chinelo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “plural de chinelo”.

What does chinelos mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    plural of chinelo

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. plural de chinelo 2. sapatos que trazem acalcanhados

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.

How do you pronounce chinelos?

  • Brazil /ʃiˈnɛ.lus/
  • /ʃiˈnɛ.luʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chinelos in Portuguese?

chinelos appears 1.8 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).

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