risinho
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈzĩ.ɲu/
risinho is spelled R-I-S-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Risinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “giggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of riso (“laugher”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena risada”.
What does risinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of riso (“laugher”)
- 2
masculinegiggle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena risada
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 risinho
- risinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce risinho?
- Brazil /ʁiˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [hiˈzĩ.j̃u]
- /ʁiˈzĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is risinho in Portuguese?
risinho appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).