paulistinha
Portuguese, noun
paulistinha is spelled P-A-U-L-I-S-T-I-N-H-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paulistinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a kneeing into someone's thigh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of paulista. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe ornamental (Danio rerio)”.
What does paulistinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininea kneeing into someone's thigh
- 2
femininezebrafish (Danio rerio)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinediminutive of paulista
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe ornamental (Danio rerio) 2. planta ornamental (Chlorophytum comosum) 3. pancada dada com joelho de uma pessoa em um dos músculos da coxa de outra pessoa 4. avião leve de instrução, fabricado pela Companhia de Aviação Paulista (CAP-4 "Paulistinha")
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 paulistinha
- paulistinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is paulistinha in Portuguese?
paulistinha appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).