diabinho
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.aˈbĩ.ɲu/
diabinho is spelled D-I-A-B-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diabinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “imp (mischievous child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of diabo: imp (small demonic creature).
What does diabinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of diabo: imp (small demonic creature)
- 2
masculineimp (mischievous child)
noun
- 1
masculineskipper butterfly, a species of moth in family Hesperiidae
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of diabinho
- diabinhos plural
- diabinha feminine
- diabinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diabinho?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.aˈbĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.aˈbĩ.j̃u]
- Brazil /d͡ʒjaˈbĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diabinho in Portuguese?
diabinho appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).