chuveirinho
Portuguese, noun/ʃu.ve(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/
chuveirinho is spelled C-H-U-V-E-I-R-I-N-H-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chuveirinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hand shower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of chuveiro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lançamento de bola de fora da grande área para dentro dela”.
What does chuveirinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of chuveiro
- 2
Brazilmasculinehand shower
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lançamento de bola de fora da grande área para dentro dela
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 chuveirinho
- chuveirinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuveirinho?
- Brazil /ʃu.ve(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ʃu.ve(ɪ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ʃu.vɐjˈɾi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chuveirinho in Portuguese?
chuveirinho appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).