corujinha
Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾuˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/
corujinha is spelled C-O-R-U-J-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corujinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “screech owl (Megascops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of coruja.
What does corujinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of coruja
- 2
femininescreech owl (Megascops)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of corujinha
- corujinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corujinha?
- Brazil /ku.ɾuˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ku.ɾuˈʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /ko.ɾuˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is corujinha in Portuguese?
corujinha appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).