riquinho
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈkĩ.ɲu/
riquinho is spelled R-I-Q-U-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riquinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rich kid (someone from a wealthy social origin who enjoys flaunting their wealth and privileges)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does riquinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinerich kid (someone from a wealthy social origin who enjoys flaunting their wealth and privileges)
- 2
masculinecute (used as a term of endearment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. formoso, bonito, belo, agradável
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 riquinho
- riquinhos plural
- riquinha feminine
- riquinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riquinho?
- Brazil /ʁiˈkĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [hiˈkĩ.j̃u]
- /ʁiˈkĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is riquinho in Portuguese?
riquinho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).