dentinho
Portuguese, noun/dẽˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
dentinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “appetizer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of dente.
What does dentinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of dente
- 2
masculineappetizer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of dentinho
- dentinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentinho?
- Brazil /dẽˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [dẽˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /dẽˈti.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 dentinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dentinho in Portuguese?
dentinho 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).