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fino

Portuguese, noun/ˈfĩ.nu/

fino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “draft beer (usually served in a 300ml glass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of finar.

What does fino mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    thin (having little thickness)

  2. 2

    slender; slim (having little body fat or flesh)

  3. 3

    fine (of superior quality)

  4. 4

    high-pitched

  5. 5

    exhibiting finesse; elegant; graceful

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculinedraft beer (usually served in a 300ml glass)

    Dois finos, por favor.

adjective

  1. 1

    Finnish (of or relating to Finland or Finns)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineFinn (Finnish person)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of finar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. delgado 2. macio 3. de alta qualidade 4. educado

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 fino

  • fina feminine
  • finos masculine plural
  • finas feminine plural
  • mais fino comparative
  • o mais fino superlative
  • finíssimo superlative
  • fininho diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fino?

  • Brazil /ˈfĩ.nu/
  • Portugal /ˈfi.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fino

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fino in Portuguese?

fino appears 9.3 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).