guardinha
Portuguese, noun/ɡwaʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
guardinha is spelled G-U-A-R-D-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guardinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “traffic warden (person who issues tickets for parking violation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of guarda.
What does guardinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinediminutive of guarda
- 2
Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculinetraffic warden (person who issues tickets for parking violation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of guardinha
- guardinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guardinha?
- Brazil /ɡwaʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ɡwaɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- /ɡwaɾˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is guardinha in Portuguese?
guardinha appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).