trombadinha
Portuguese, noun/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
trombadinha is spelled T-R-O-M-B-A-D-I-N-H-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trombadinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a young street thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of trombada. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “menor que pratica furtos em ruas, geralmente em vias de grande movimento”.
What does trombadinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinformalmasculinea young street thief
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of trombada
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. menor que pratica furtos em ruas, geralmente em vias de grande movimento
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 trombadinha
- trombadinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trombadinha?
- Brazil /tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /tɾõ.bɐˈdi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trombadinha in Portuguese?
trombadinha appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).