ginjinha
Portuguese, noun/ʒĩˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/
ginjinha is spelled G-I-N-J-I-N-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ginjinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a liqueur produced from sour cherries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “licor feito à base de ginja, típico em Portugal”.
What does ginjinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea liqueur produced from sour cherries
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. licor feito à base de ginja, típico em Portugal
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 ginjinha
- ginjinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ginjinha?
- Brazil /ʒĩˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ʒĩˈʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ʒĩˈʒi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ginjinha in Portuguese?
ginjinha appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).