marianinha
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾi.aˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
marianinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cornflower (Centaurea cyanus, a European plant with bushy blue flowers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does marianinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecornflower (Centaurea cyanus, a European plant with bushy blue flowers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of marianinha
- marianinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marianinha?
- Brazil /ma.ɾi.aˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ma.ɾi.aˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /ma.ɾjaˈnĩ.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 marianinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marianinha in Portuguese?
marianinha appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).