passarinho
Portuguese, noun/pa.saˈɾĩ.ɲu/
passarinho is spelled P-A-S-S-A-R-I-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passarinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any small species of bird, such as passerines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of pássaro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pássaro pequeno”.
What does passarinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of pássaro
- 2
masculineany small species of bird, such as passerines
- 3
masculinebirdie (small bird, or a term of endearment)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of passarinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pássaro pequeno
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 passarinho
- passarinhos plural
- passarinha feminine
- passarinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passarinho?
- Brazil /pa.saˈɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [pa.saˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /pɐ.sɐˈɾi.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 passarinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passarinho in Portuguese?
passarinho appears 4.8 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).