jacarèzinho
Portuguese, noun
jacarèzinho is spelled J-A-C-A-R-È-Z-I-N-H-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jacarèzinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal) of jacarezinho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, jacarezinho is a different word: “diminutive of jacaré (“small alligator”)”.
What does jacarèzinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal) of jacarezinho
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of jacaré (“small alligator”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Paraná
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 jacarèzinho
- jacarèzinhos plural
- jacarezinhos plural
- jacarèzinho alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is jacarèzinho in Portuguese?
jacarèzinho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).