palinha

Portuguese, noun/paˈlĩ.ɲɐ/

palinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “snippet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of pala.

What does palinha mean in English?

noun

1
femininediminutive of pala
2
Brazilfeminineinformalsnippet
3
Brazilfeminineinformalimpromptu performance

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of palinha

palinhas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce palinha?

Brazil /paˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
Brazil [paˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
Portugal /pɐˈli.ɲɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is palinha in Portuguese?

palinha appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.

palinha0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).