chumbinho
Portuguese, noun/ʃũˈbĩ.ɲu/
chumbinho is spelled C-H-U-M-B-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chumbinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sinker (weight used in fishing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of chumbo.
What does chumbinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of chumbo
- 2
masculinesinker (weight used in fishing)
- 3
masculinealdicarb (a carbamate insecticide)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chumbinho
- chumbinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chumbinho?
- Brazil /ʃũˈbĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ʃũˈbĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ʃũˈbi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chumbinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chumbinho in Portuguese?
chumbinho 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).