tadinho
Portuguese, adjective/taˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
tadinho is spelled T-A-D-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tadinho is a Portuguese adjective meaning “clipping of coitadinho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coitado, que merece compaixão”.
What does tadinho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialclipping of coitadinho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. coitado, que merece compaixão
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 tadinho
- tadinha feminine
- tadinhos masculine plural
- tadinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tadinho?
- Brazil /taˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [taˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /tɐˈdi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tadinho in Portuguese?
tadinho 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).