tigrinho
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈɡɾĩ.ɲu/
tigrinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of jogo do tigrinho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of tigre.
What does tigrinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of tigre
- 2
masculineellipsis of jogo do tigrinho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tigrinho
- tigrinhos plural
- tigrinha feminine
- tigrinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tigrinho?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɡɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈɡɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /tiˈɡɾi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tigrinho in Portuguese?
tigrinho appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).