pombinha
Portuguese, noun/põˈbĩ.ɲɐ/
pombinha is spelled P-O-M-B-I-N-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pombinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “meat from the tail and hindquarters of cattle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of pomba. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “menina ingênua”.
What does pombinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of pomba
- 2
femininemeat from the tail and hindquarters of cattle
- 3
Portugalcolloquialfemininenaive girl
- 4
Portugalfemininevagina, vulva (female genitalia)
- 5
feminineAny of species Erythroxylum columbinum (family Erythroxylaceae), of eastern Brazil.
- 6
femininepenis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. menina ingênua 2. órgão sexual feminino, vulva 3. pênis de criança
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 pombinha
- pombinhas plural
- pombinho masculine
- pombinhos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pombinha?
- Brazil /põˈbĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [põˈbĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /põˈbi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pombinha in Portuguese?
pombinha appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).