tirinha
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
tirinha is spelled T-I-R-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “comic strip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segmento de história em quadrinhos, apresentado em jornais ou revistas numa só faixa horizontal”.
What does tirinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomic strip
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. segmento de história em quadrinhos, apresentado em jornais ou revistas numa só faixa horizontal 2. banda desenhada caracterizada por uma série de vinhetas, publicada regularmente (normalmente diariamente ou semanalmente), em jornais e revistas, sendo uma banda desenhada de curta duração e criticando os valores da sociedade
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 tirinha
- tirinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tirinha?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /tiˈɾi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tirinha in Portuguese?
tirinha appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).