docinho
Portuguese, noun/doˈsĩ.ɲu/
docinho is spelled D-O-C-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Docinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sweetie (term of endearment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of doce. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doce preparado em pequeno tamanho, geralmente para serviço em festas”.
What does docinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of doce
- 2
masculinesweetie (term of endearment)
adjective
- 1
diminutive of doce
O sumo está docinho.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que foi levemente temperado com alguma substância adocicada (açúcar, mel, xarope, etc.) 2. diz-se de alguém que é suave ao trato
noun: 1. doce preparado em pequeno tamanho, geralmente para serviço em festas 2. pessoa, em geral criança, meiga e simpática 3. aumento anormal do fluxo de um rio em consequência de chuvas inesperadas (pé d'água)
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 docinho
- docinhos plural
- docinha feminine
- docinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce docinho?
- Brazil /doˈsĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [doˈsĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /duˈsi.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 docinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is docinho in Portuguese?
docinho appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).