pobrezinho
Portuguese, noun/ˌpɔ.bɾiˈzĩ.ɲu/
pobrezinho is spelled P-O-B-R-E-Z-I-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pobrezinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “beggar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pobrezinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeggar
- 2
masculinepoor thing
E devorava-a de beijos violentos, repetidos, quentes, que sufocavam a menina, enchendo-a de espanto e de um instintivo temor cuja origem a pobrezinha, na sua simplicidade, não podia saber qual era.
adjective
- 1
poor
- 2
pitiful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pobrezinho
- pobrezinhos plural
- pobrezinha feminine
- pobrezinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pobrezinho?
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.bɾiˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˌpɔ.bɾiˈzĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˌpɔ.bɾɨˈzi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pobrezinho in Portuguese?
pobrezinho 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).