raposinho
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.poˈzĩ.ɲu/
raposinho is spelled R-A-P-O-S-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raposinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of raposo: fox cub.
What does raposinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of raposo: fox cub
- 2
masculinestink
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of raposinho
- raposinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raposinho?
- Brazil /ʁa.poˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ha.poˈzĩ.j̃u]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raposinho in Portuguese?
raposinho appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).