-zinho
Portuguese, suffix/ˈzĩ.ɲu/
-zinho is spelled Z-I-N-H-O (5 letters). -zinho is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “Variant of -inho, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diminutivo”.
What does -zinho mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculineVariant of -inho, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone.
pá (“shovel”) + -zinha → pazinha (“small shovel”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. diminutivo
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.
How do you pronounce -zinho?
- Brazil /ˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈzĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈzi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.