canarinho

Portuguese

Etymology

• Nickname created by the journalist Geraldo José de Almeida in 1954, because from the 1950 to 1954 World Cup, Brazil changed the color of its strip from white to the four colors of its national flag.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲu/ [ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲu/ [ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈɾi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.nɐˈɾi.ɲu/

Adjective

canarinho (feminine canarinha, masculine plural canarinhos, feminine plural canarinhas)

1. (soccer, informal, poetic) of or relating to Brazil national football team

Noun

canarinho m (plural canarinhos)

1. diminutive of canário

Noun

canarinho f (uncountable)

1. (Brazil) Brazil national football team
2. (Brazil) the yellow shirt used by the Brazil national football team

Descendants

• Spanish: canarinha

Further reading

• “canarinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024