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rodriguinho

Portuguese, noun/ʁo.dɾiˈɡĩ.ɲu/

rodriguinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dandy, fop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does rodriguinho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Portugaldatedinformalmasculinedandy, fop

  2. 2

    Portugalinformalmasculineobject of little value; trinket

  3. 3

    PortugalmasculineCheap sentimentalism used by the actor to manipulate the audience's emotions.

  4. 4

    Portugalmasculinemannerisms, affectations (more commonly used in the plural)

  5. 5

    Portugalmasculinea catchphrase for everything

    Começou com rodriguinhos e não disse nada de jeito.

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of rodriguinho

  • rodriguinhos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rodriguinho?

  • Brazil /ʁo.dɾiˈɡĩ.ɲu/
  • Brazil [ho.dɾiˈɡĩ.j̃u]
  • /ʁo.dɾiˈɡĩ.ɲu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is rodriguinho in Portuguese?

rodriguinho 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).