toninha
Portuguese, noun/toˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
toninha is spelled T-O-N-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toninha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “porpoise (any of the small cetacean species of the family Phocoenidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atum de pouca idade”.
What does toninha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineporpoise (any of the small cetacean species of the family Phocoenidae)
- 2
feminineLa Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei, a dolphin species of South America)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atum de pouca idade 2. certo tipo de golfinho 3. franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei, mamífero aquático 4. mamífero marinho da família Phocoenidae (como o boto e o porco-do-mar)
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 toninha
- toninhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce toninha?
- Brazil /toˈnĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [toˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /tuˈni.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is toninha in Portuguese?
toninha appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).