pestinha
Portuguese, noun/pɛsˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
pestinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a naughty or mischievous kid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of peste.
What does pestinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea naughty or mischievous kid
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of peste
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pestinha
- pestinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pestinha?
- Brazil /pɛsˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [pɛsˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]
- /pɛʃˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pestinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pestinha in Portuguese?
pestinha appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).