malinha
Portuguese, noun/maˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
malinha is spelled M-A-L-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of mala” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diminutivo de mala”.
What does malinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of mala
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diminutivo de mala 2. pequena mala
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 malinha
- malinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malinha?
- Brazil /maˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [maˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /mɐˈli.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malinha in Portuguese?
malinha 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).