donzelinha
Portuguese, noun/dõ.zɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
donzelinha is spelled D-O-N-Z-E-L-I-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donzelinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “damselfly (insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of donzela.
What does donzelinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of donzela
- 2
femininedamselfly (insect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of donzelinha
- donzelinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce donzelinha?
- Brazil /dõ.zɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [dõ.zɛˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /dõ.zɛˈli.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 donzelinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is donzelinha in Portuguese?
donzelinha appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).