miúdo
Portuguese, noun/miˈu.du/
miúdo is spelled M-I-Ú-D-O (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miúdo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of miudar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criança; rapazinho”.
What does miúdo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
very small
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinechild
noun
- 1
masculinean internal organ used as offal
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of miudar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de pequenas dimensões; diminuto; amiudado; delicado; minucioso; sovina 2. pessoa sem atitudes
noun: 1. criança; rapazinho
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 miúdo
- miúda feminine
- miúdos masculine plural
- miúdas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miúdo?
- Brazil /miˈu.du/
- Brazil /ˈmju.du/
- Portugal /ˈmju.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to miúdo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miúdo in Portuguese?
miúdo appears 3.2 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).