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tigrinha

Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈɡɾĩ.ɲɐ/

tigrinha is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of tigrinya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of tigrinho.

What does tigrinha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of tigrinya

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of tigrinho

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of tigrinha

  • tigrinhas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tigrinha?

  • Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɡɾĩ.ɲɐ/
  • Brazil [t͡ʃiˈɡɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • Portugal /tiˈɡɾi.ɲɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tigrinha in Portuguese?

tigrinha appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).