nunquinha
Portuguese, adverb/nũˈkĩ.ɲɐ/
nunquinha is spelled N-U-N-Q-U-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nunquinha is a Portuguese adverb meaning “never” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nunquinha mean in English?
adverb
- 1
informalnever
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce nunquinha?
- Brazil /nũˈkĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [nũˈkĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /nũˈki.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nunquinha in Portuguese?
nunquinha appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).