mentirinha
Portuguese, noun/mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
mentirinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of mentira” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mentirola”.
What does mentirinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of mentira
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mentirola 2. bolacha redonda preparada com massa de pão de ló
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 mentirinha
- mentirinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentirinha?
- Brazil /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /mẽ.tiˈɾi.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 mentirinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mentirinha in Portuguese?
mentirinha appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).