faniquito
Portuguese, noun/fa.niˈki.tu/
faniquito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tantrum (or similar minor nervous breakdown)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ataque nervoso de pouca monta”.
What does faniquito mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinetantrum (or similar minor nervous breakdown)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ataque nervoso de pouca monta
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 faniquito
- faniquitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faniquito?
- Brazil /fa.niˈki.tu/
- Portugal /fɐ.niˈki.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faniquito in Portuguese?
faniquito appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).