mocinha
Portuguese, noun/moˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
mocinha is spelled M-O-C-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mocinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of moça” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “moça muito jovem”.
What does mocinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of moça
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of mocinho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. moça muito jovem
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 mocinha
- mocinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mocinha?
- Brazil /moˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [moˈsĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /muˈsi.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 mocinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mocinha in Portuguese?
mocinha appears 4.4 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).