lurdinha
Portuguese, noun/luʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
lurdinha is spelled L-U-R-D-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). Lurdinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Hitler's buzzsaw (MG 42 machine gun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lurdinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineHitler's buzzsaw (MG 42 machine gun)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lurdinha
- lurdinhas plural
- Lurdinha alternative
- Lourdinha alternative
- lourdinha alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lurdinha?
- Brazil /luʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [luɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- /luɾˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lurdinha in Portuguese?
lurdinha 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).