joaninha
Portuguese, noun/ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
joaninha is spelled J-O-A-N-I-N-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joaninha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ladybird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “besouro, inseto coleóptero reconhecido por ter os élitros de cor vermelha normalmente, sobre os que destacam…”.
What does joaninha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineladybird
- 2
feminineobsoleteslangBeetle used by the military police
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. besouro, inseto coleóptero reconhecido por ter os élitros de cor vermelha normalmente, sobre os que destacam pontos negros
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 joaninha
- joaninhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joaninha?
- Brazil /ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /ʒu.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joaninha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joaninha in Portuguese?
joaninha appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).