focinho
Portuguese, noun/foˈsĩ.ɲu/
focinho is spelled F-O-C-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Focinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “snout (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte da cabeça de vários animais que inclui o nariz, a boca e o queixo”.
What does focinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnout (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast)
- 2
derogatorymasculinenose
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte da cabeça de vários animais que inclui o nariz, a boca e o queixo 2. rosto 3. má cara
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 focinho
- focinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce focinho?
- Brazil /foˈsĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [foˈsĩ.j̃u]
- Brazil /fuˈsĩ.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 focinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is focinho in Portuguese?
focinho appears 2.1 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).