sinhá
Portuguese, noun/sĩˈɲa/
sinhá is spelled S-I-N-H-Á (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinhá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “eye dialect spelling of senhora, representing Caipira Portuguese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “senhora”.
What does sinhá mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeye dialect spelling of senhora, representing Caipira Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. senhora
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 sinhá
- sinhás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinhá?
- Brazil /sĩˈɲa/
- Brazil [sĩˈj̃a]
- Portugal /siˈɲa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sinhá in Portuguese?
sinhá 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).