doninha
Portuguese, noun/doˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
doninha is spelled D-O-N-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doninha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “weasel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of dona (“lady”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno mamífero carnívoro da família dos mustelídeos; seu nome científico é Mustela nivalis”.
What does doninha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweasel
- 2
feminineskunk
- 3
femininediminutive of dona (“lady”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno mamífero carnívoro da família dos mustelídeos; seu nome científico é Mustela nivalis
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 doninha
- doninhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doninha?
- Brazil /doˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [doˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /dɔˈni.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doninha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doninha in Portuguese?
doninha 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).