camisinha

Portuguese

Sense 2

Sense 3

Etymology

From camisa (“shirt”) +‎ -inha (diminutive-forming suffix).

The “condom” sense is a clipping of camisinha de vênus, the diminutive of camisa de vênus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.miˈzĩ.ɲɐ/ [ka.miˈzĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.miˈzĩ.ɲɐ/ [ka.miˈzĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.miˈzi.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.miˈzi.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɲɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧si‧nha

Noun

camisinha f (plural camisinhas)

1. diminutive of camisa
2. (Brazil, colloquial) condom

   Synonyms: preservativo, (Brazil) camisa de vênus, (Mozambique) jeito

3. (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) bottle cooler

Further reading

• camisinha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “camisinha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “camisinha”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025