ferreirinha
Portuguese, noun/fe.ʁe(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
ferreirinha is spelled F-E-R-R-E-I-R-I-N-H-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferreirinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “accentor (bird of the genus Prunella)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave do gênero Prunella”.
What does ferreirinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccentor (bird of the genus Prunella)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave do gênero Prunella 2. chapim-real (Parus major)
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 ferreirinha
- ferreirinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferreirinha?
- Brazil /fe.ʁe(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [fe.he(ɪ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ferreirinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferreirinha in Portuguese?
ferreirinha appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).