coitadinho
Portuguese, noun/koj.taˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
coitadinho is spelled C-O-I-T-A-D-I-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coitadinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “poor thing (someone or something to be pitied)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does coitadinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoor thing (someone or something to be pitied)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of coitadinho
- coitadinhos plural
- coitadinha feminine
- coitadinhas feminine plural
- tadinho alternative colloquial
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coitadinho?
- Brazil /koj.taˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [koɪ̯.taˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /koj.tɐˈdi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coitadinho in Portuguese?
coitadinho appears 1.5 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).