maminha
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈmĩ.ɲɐ/
maminha is spelled M-A-M-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maminha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tri-tip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of mama. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carne bovina que corresponde à parte mais tenra da alcatra”.
What does maminha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of mama
- 2
femininetri-tip
Coordinate term: picanha
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carne bovina que corresponde à parte mais tenra da alcatra 2. mama de pequenas dimensões
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 maminha
- maminhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maminha?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈmĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [mɐ̃ˈmĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /mɐˈmi.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 maminha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maminha in Portuguese?
maminha appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).