tainha
Portuguese, noun/taˈĩ.ɲɐ/
tainha is spelled T-A-I-N-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tainha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mullet (any fish of the family Mugilidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc”.
What does tainha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemullet (any fish of the family Mugilidae)
- 2
BrazilfeminineLebranche mullet (Mugil liza)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc.
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 tainha
- tainhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tainha?
- Brazil /taˈĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [taˈĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /tɐˈi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tainha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tainha in Portuguese?
tainha 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).