peixinho
Portuguese, noun/pe(j)ˈʃĩ.ɲu/
peixinho is spelled P-E-I-X-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peixinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of peixinho-da-horta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of peixe. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corte da carne do boi extraído da paleta”.
What does peixinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of peixe
- 2
masculineellipsis of peixinho-da-horta
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corte da carne do boi extraído da paleta
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 peixinho
- peixinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peixinho?
- Brazil /pe(j)ˈʃĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [pe(ɪ̯)ˈʃĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /pɐjˈʃi.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 peixinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peixinho in Portuguese?
peixinho appears 1.7 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).