patricinha
Portuguese, noun
patricinha is spelled P-A-T-R-I-C-I-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patricinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a young, upper-class woman overly interested in shopping, personal appearance and social status; a valley girl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher jovem e rica que na maioria das vezes é bem cuidada, mimada, consumista, modista, protegida pelos pais”.
What does patricinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatoryfeminineslanga young, upper-class woman overly interested in shopping, personal appearance and social status; a valley girl
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher jovem e rica que na maioria das vezes é bem cuidada, mimada, consumista, modista, protegida pelos pais
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 patricinha
- patricinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is patricinha in Portuguese?
patricinha appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).