nortenho
Portuguese, noun/noʁˈtẽ.ɲu/
nortenho is spelled N-O-R-T-E-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nortenho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “northerner (native or inhabitant of the north)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nortenho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Portugalnorthern (of, from, or relating to the north)
- 2
Northern (of, from or relating to North Region, Portugal)
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinenortherner (native or inhabitant of the north)
- 2
masculineNortherner (native or inhabitant of North Region, Portugal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of nortenho
- nortenha feminine
- nortenhos masculine plural
- nortenhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nortenho?
- Brazil /noʁˈtẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [nohˈtẽ.j̃u]
- /noɾˈtẽ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nortenho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nortenho in Portuguese?
nortenho appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).