tatuzinho
Portuguese, noun/taˌtuˈzĩ.ɲu/
tatuzinho is spelled T-A-T-U-Z-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tatuzinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “woodlouse (any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of tatu. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum aos isópodes terrestres da subordem Oniscidea, cuja evolução para o ambiente terrícola presume-se…”.
What does tatuzinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of tatu
- 2
Brazilmasculinewoodlouse (any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum aos isópodes terrestres da subordem Oniscidea, cuja evolução para o ambiente terrícola presume-se tenha ocorrido durante o Paleozoico tardio com base na análise do relógio molecular, embora os fósseis mais antigos conhecidos sejam do período Cretáceo médio (cerca de 100 milhões de anos atrás), transição de habitat que os difere de todos os demais crustáceos, tendo em comum a dieta detri 2. o mesmo que joaninha 3. o mesmo que formiga-leão
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 tatuzinho
- tatuzinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tatuzinho?
- Brazil /taˌtuˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [taˌtuˈzĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /tɐˌtuˈzi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tatuzinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tatuzinho in Portuguese?
tatuzinho appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).