gelinho
Portuguese, noun/ʒeˈlĩ.ɲu/
gelinho is spelled G-E-L-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a frozen dessert in a tube: freezepop, ice pop, freezie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of gelo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de sorvete feito de água e xarope ou sumo de fruta, que se congela dentro de um saquinho plástico…”.
What does gelinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of gelo
- 2
Brazilmasculinea frozen dessert in a tube: freezepop, ice pop, freezie
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de sorvete feito de água e xarope ou sumo de fruta, que se congela dentro de um saquinho plástico, produzindo um picolé sem pauzinho
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 gelinho
- gelinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gelinho?
- Brazil /ʒeˈlĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ʒeˈlĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ʒɨˈli.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gelinho in Portuguese?
gelinho appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).