espinhento
Portuguese, adjective/is.pĩˈɲẽ.tu/
espinhento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “thorny (having thorns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem espinhas”.
What does espinhento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thorny (having thorns)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem espinhas
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 espinhento
- espinhenta feminine
- espinhentos masculine plural
- espinhentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinhento?
- Brazil /is.pĩˈɲẽ.tu/
- Brazil [is.pĩˈj̃ẽ.tu]
- Brazil /es.pĩˈɲẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espinhento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espinhento in Portuguese?
espinhento appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).