espetinho
Portuguese, noun/is.peˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
espetinho is spelled E-S-P-E-T-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espetinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “food (especially meat or fish) grilled on a skewer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of espeto (“skewer”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espeto de tamanho pequeno”.
What does espetinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of espeto (“skewer”)
- 2
Brazilmasculinefood (especially meat or fish) grilled on a skewer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espeto de tamanho pequeno 2. pedaços de carne, queijo ou frango em cubos, colocados em um palito de madeira
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 espetinho
- espetinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espetinho?
- Brazil /is.peˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [is.peˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
- Brazil /es.peˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espetinho in Portuguese?
espetinho 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).