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coquinho

Portuguese, noun/koˈkĩ.ɲu/

coquinho is spelled C-O-Q-U-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coquinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of coco.

What does coquinho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediminutive of coco

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinequeen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana)

  3. 3

    BrazilmasculineSyagrus microphylla

  4. 4

    BrazilmasculineCipura paludosa

  5. 5

    Brazilmasculinepalm nut

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediminutive of coque

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of coquinho

  • coquinhos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coquinho?

  • Brazil /koˈkĩ.ɲu/
  • Brazil [koˈkĩ.j̃u]
  • Portugal /kuˈki.ɲu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is coquinho in Portuguese?

coquinho appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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