sinhô
Portuguese, noun/sĩˈɲo/
sinhô is spelled S-I-N-H-Ô (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinhô is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pronunciation spelling of senhor, representing Caipira Portuguese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma com que os escravos chamavam o senhor”.
What does sinhô mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepronunciation spelling of senhor, 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. forma com que os escravos chamavam o senhor
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 sinhô
- sinhá feminine
- sinhás feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinhô?
- Brazil /sĩˈɲo/
- Brazil [sĩˈj̃o]
- Portugal /siˈɲo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sinhô in Portuguese?
sinhô appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).