remoinho
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.moˈĩ.ɲu/
remoinho is spelled R-E-M-O-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remoinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “whirlpool, vortex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of remoinhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção”.
What does remoinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhirlpool, vortex
- 2
masculineeddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
- 3
masculinewhirlwind
- 4
masculinecowlick
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of remoinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. movimento espiral da água ou vento, vórtice de sucção 2. cabelos ou pelos que nascem numa disposição espiralada
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 remoinho
- remoinhos plural
- redemoinho alternative
- rodamoinho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce remoinho?
- Brazil /ʁe.moˈĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [he.moˈĩ.j̃u]
- /ʁe.moˈĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to remoinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is remoinho in Portuguese?
remoinho appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).