gentinha
Portuguese, noun/ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
gentinha is spelled G-E-N-T-I-N-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “riff-raff, rabble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gentinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineriff-raff, rabble
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of gentinha
- gentinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentinha?
- Brazil /ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ʒẽˈti.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gentinha in Portuguese?
gentinha appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).