tempinho
Portuguese, noun/tẽˈpĩ.ɲu/
tempinho is spelled T-E-M-P-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tempinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a little while” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of tempo.
What does tempinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of tempo
- 2
masculinea little while
Isso já tem um tempinho.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tempinho
- tempinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tempinho?
- Brazil /tẽˈpĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [tẽˈpĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /tẽˈpi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tempinho in Portuguese?
tempinho appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).