covinhas
Portuguese, noun
covinhas is spelled C-O-V-I-N-H-A-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Covinhas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plural of covinha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo de berlindes, no que entre outras ações há que introduzir as bolas em pequenas covas”.
What does covinhas mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of covinha
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo de berlindes, no que entre outras ações há que introduzir as bolas em pequenas covas
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.
How common is covinhas in Portuguese?
covinhas appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).