sanguinho
Portuguese, noun/sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.ɲu/
sanguinho is spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanguinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “purificator (napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of sangue. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar de várias plantas ramnáceas, amieiro-negro, lagarinho, zangarinho, sobretudo Frangula alnus”.
What does sanguinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurificator (napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice)
- 2
masculinecommon dogwood (Cornus sanguinea, a shrub of Eurasia)
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of sangue
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sanguíneo
noun: 1. nome vulgar de várias plantas ramnáceas, amieiro-negro, lagarinho, zangarinho, sobretudo Frangula alnus 2. aderno-bastardo, Rhamnus alaternus 3. pano pequeno com que o celebrante da missa enxuga o cálice, o mesmo que purificador
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 sanguinho
- sanguinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanguinho?
- Brazil /sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /sɐ̃ˈɡi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sanguinho in Portuguese?
sanguinho appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).