dorminhoco
Portuguese, noun/doʁ.mĩˈɲo.ku/
dorminhoco is spelled D-O-R-M-I-N-H-O-C-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dorminhoco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sleepyhead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que dorme muito”.
What does dorminhoco mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinesleepyhead
adjective
- 1
colloquialsleepy, dozy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquele que dorme muito
noun: 1. aquele que dorme muito
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 dorminhoco
- dorminhocos plural
- dorminhoca feminine
- dorminhocas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dorminhoco?
- Brazil /doʁ.mĩˈɲo.ku/
- Brazil [doɦ.mĩˈj̃o.ku]
- /doɾ.mĩˈɲo.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dorminhoco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dorminhoco in Portuguese?
dorminhoco 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).