espinho
Portuguese, noun/isˈpĩ.ɲu/
espinho is spelled E-S-P-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of espinhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte aguda e picante de um vegetal”.
What does espinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)
- 2
masculineany sharp point
- 3
masculinea thorn which grows from the woody core of a plant, as opposed to an acúleo, which grows from the epidermis
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of espinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte aguda e picante de um vegetal 2. pico 3. cerda rija de alguns animais
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Aveiro
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 espinho
- espinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinho?
- Brazil /isˈpĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [isˈpĩ.j̃u]
- Brazil /esˈpĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espinho in Portuguese?
espinho appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).