conchinha
Portuguese, noun/kõˈʃĩ.ɲɐ/
conchinha is spelled C-O-N-C-H-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conchinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spooning (act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does conchinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespooning (act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed)
- 2
feminineUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see concha, -inha.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of conchinha
- conchinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conchinha?
- Brazil /kõˈʃĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [kõˈʃĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /kõˈʃi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conchinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conchinha in Portuguese?
conchinha 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).