chuvinha
Portuguese, noun/ʃuˈvĩ.ɲɐ/
chuvinha is spelled C-H-U-V-I-N-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chuvinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of chuva” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chuva de gotas miúdas, orvalho”.
What does chuvinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of chuva
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of chuvinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chuva de gotas miúdas, orvalho
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 chuvinha
- chuvinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuvinha?
- Brazil /ʃuˈvĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ʃuˈvĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ʃuˈvi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chuvinha in Portuguese?
chuvinha appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).