cruzadinha
Portuguese, noun/kɾu.zaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
cruzadinha is spelled C-R-U-Z-A-D-I-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cruzadinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crossword (word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cruzadinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininecrossword (word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cruzadinha
- cruzadinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cruzadinha?
- Brazil /kɾu.zaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [kɾu.zaˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /kɾu.zɐˈdi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cruzadinha in Portuguese?
cruzadinha appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).