galinho
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈlĩ.ɲu/
galinho is spelled G-A-L-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “diminutive of galo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na laranja, gomo”.
What does galinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of galo
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of galinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. na laranja, gomo
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 galinho
- galinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galinho?
- Brazil /ɡaˈlĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ɡaˈlĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ɡɐˈli.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is galinho in Portuguese?
galinho appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).