escondidinho
Portuguese, noun/is.kõ.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
escondidinho is spelled E-S-C-O-N-D-I-D-I-N-H-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escondidinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a northeastern Brazilian dish made with carne-de-sol, jabá, or shredded chicken, and topped with mashed cassava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of escondido. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escondidas”.
What does escondidinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea northeastern Brazilian dish made with carne-de-sol, jabá, or shredded chicken, and topped with mashed cassava
adjective
- 1
diminutive of escondido
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. escondidas 2. prato cozinhado no forno com base de carne seca ou frango, cobertos de puré de mandioca ou batata
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 escondidinho
- escondidinhos plural
- escondidinha feminine
- escondidinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escondidinho?
- Brazil /is.kõ.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [is.kõ.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Brazil /es.kõ.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escondidinho in Portuguese?
escondidinho appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).