chorinho
Portuguese, noun/ʃoˈɾĩ.ɲu/
chorinho is spelled C-H-O-R-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of choro (“Brazilian popular music genre”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of choro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “choro”.
What does chorinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of choro
- 2
masculinesynonym of choro (“Brazilian popular music genre”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. choro 2. variante do choro de andamento vivo e corrido, em que tende a prevalecer a linha melódica sobre os jogos instrumentais 3. pranto silencioso e ligeiro 4. pequena porção adicional de bebida alcoólica que o atendente serve sem cobrar
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 chorinho
- chorinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chorinho?
- Brazil /ʃoˈɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ʃoˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ʃuˈɾi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chorinho in Portuguese?
chorinho appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).