patinho
Portuguese, noun/paˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
patinho is spelled P-A-T-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “duckling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of pato.
What does patinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of pato
- 2
masculineduckling
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of patinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of patinho
- patinhos plural
- patinha feminine
- patinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patinho?
- Brazil /paˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [paˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /pɐˈti.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 patinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patinho in Portuguese?
patinho appears 1.3 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).