mindinho
Portuguese, noun/mĩˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
mindinho is spelled M-I-N-D-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mindinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “little finger (outermost and smallest finger of the hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “menor dedo da mão, dedo mínimo”.
What does mindinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelittle finger (outermost and smallest finger of the hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao dedo mínimo
noun: 1. menor dedo da mão, dedo mínimo
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 mindinho
- mindinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mindinho?
- Brazil /mĩˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [mĩˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /mĩˈdi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mindinho in Portuguese?
mindinho appears 1.3 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).