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vaquinha

Portuguese, noun/vaˈkĩ.ɲɐ/

vaquinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pool, crowdfunding (money collected from a group of people in order to pay for something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of vaca. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “angariação em que se reúne um valor a partir de quantias em dinheiro doadas por diversos indivíduos”.

What does vaquinha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininediminutive of vaca

  2. 2

    feminineinformalpool, crowdfunding (money collected from a group of people in order to pay for something)

    Vamos fazer uma vaquinha para comprar um carro.

  3. 3

    Brazilfemininecucumber beetle (Diabrotica speciosa)

  4. 4

    Brazilfemininecucumber beetle (Macrodactylus pumilio)

  5. 5

    Brazilfeminineblister beetles of genus Epicauta

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. angariação em que se reúne um valor a partir de quantias em dinheiro doadas por diversos indivíduos 2. valor conseguido em tal angariação 3. travela, besouro da espécie Diabrotica speciosa daninho para as hortas

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 vaquinha

  • vaquinhas plural

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

How do you pronounce vaquinha?

  • Brazil /vaˈkĩ.ɲɐ/
  • Brazil [vaˈkĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • Portugal /vɐˈki.ɲɐ/

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

English words that translate to vaquinha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vaquinha in Portuguese?

vaquinha appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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