prainha
Portuguese, noun/pɾaˈĩ.ɲɐ/
prainha is spelled P-R-A-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prainha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of praia (“beach”); beachlet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado do Pará”.
What does prainha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of praia (“beach”); beachlet
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará 2. freguesia no concelho de São Roque do Pico - Açores
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 prainha
- prainhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prainha?
- Brazil /pɾaˈĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [pɾaˈĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /pɾaˈi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prainha in Portuguese?
prainha 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).