enho
Portuguese, noun/ˈẽ.ɲu/
enho is spelled E-N-H-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fawn (young deer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does enho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefawn (young deer)
suffix
- 1
masculineforms nouns indicating a native or inhabitant of a place
- 2
masculineforms adjectives describing a place
- 3
masculineforms adjectives describing the qualities of a another material
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. indica a origem, a procedência; a semelhança; ou diminuição
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 enho
- enhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enho?
- Brazil /ˈẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈẽ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈɐ(j).ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enho in Portuguese?
enho appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).