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menina

Portuguese, noun/miˈnĩ.nɐ/

menina is spelled M-E-N-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “girl (female child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criança do gênero feminino”.

What does menina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininegirl (female child)

    Doutor, é menino ou menina?

  2. 2

    feminineyoung lady, miss (a title of respect for an unmarried young woman)

    Pode sentar-se aqui, menina.

  3. 3

    derogatoryfemininean effeminate boy

  4. 4

    Portugalderogatoryfeminineprostitute

    Ele tornou-se frequentador assíduo de casas de meninas.

  5. 5

    colloquialfemininepupil (of the eye)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. designação de uma variedade de abóbora

noun: 1. criança do gênero feminino 2. adolescente ou mulher jovem do gênero feminino 3. vocativo pessoal que se usa durante conversas 4. usado para se chamar alguém do gênero feminino, sobretudo em funções de atendimento ao público (pode ser considerado ofensivo em algumas regiões)

noun: 1. feminino de menino

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 menina

  • meninas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce menina?

  • Brazil /miˈnĩ.nɐ/
  • Brazil /meˈnĩ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /mɨˈni.nɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to menina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is menina in Portuguese?

menina appears 98 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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