daninho
Portuguese, adjective/dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲu/
daninho is spelled D-A-N-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daninho is a Portuguese adjective meaning “harmful, noxious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of dano. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prejudicial”.
What does daninho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
harmful, noxious
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of dano
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. prejudicial 2. nocivo
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.
Forms of daninho
- daninha feminine
- daninhos masculine plural
- daninhas feminine plural
- damninho alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce daninho?
- Brazil /dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [dɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /dɐˈni.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to daninho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is daninho in Portuguese?
daninho appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).