diminutivo
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈt͡ʃi.vu/
diminutivo is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diminutivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “diminutive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavra determinativa que torna outra mais pequena”.
What does diminutivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diminutive
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diminui
noun: 1. palavra determinativa que torna outra mais pequena
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 diminutivo
- diminutiva feminine
- diminutivos masculine plural
- diminutivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diminutivo?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /di.mi.nuˈti.vu/
- Portugal /di.mi.nuˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diminutivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diminutivo in Portuguese?
diminutivo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).