mezinha
Portuguese, noun/meˈzĩ.ɲɐ/
mezinha is spelled M-E-Z-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese, the 201,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mezinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “home remedy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líquido medicamentoso aplicado com enema”.
What does mezinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehome remedy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líquido medicamentoso aplicado com enema 2. qualquer remédio 3. medicamento caseiro
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 mezinha
- mezinhas plural
- melzina alternative
- menzinha alternative
- mèzinha alternative
- meizinha alternative dialectal obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mezinha?
- Brazil /meˈzĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [meˈzĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /mɛˈzi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mezinha in Portuguese?
mezinha appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).