fradinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From frade (“friar”) +‎ -inho (“little”).

2. Fradinho

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/ [fɾaˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈd͡ʒi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈdi.ɲu/ [fɾɐˈði.ɲu]

• Hyphenation: fra‧di‧nho

Noun

fradinho m (plural fradinhos)

1. (colloquial) little friar
2. (ornithology) Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)

   Synonym: papagaio-do-mar

3. (ornithology) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

   Synonyms: bite-bite, bique-bique, maçarico-bique-bique

4. (ornithology) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

   Synonym: rabilongo

5. (zoology) slipper lobsters (Scyllarides)

   Synonym: cavaco

6. (Brazil, botany) black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata)

   Synonyms: feijão-fradinho, feijão-frade

Related terms

• frade

Further reading

• “fradinho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “fradinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• fradinho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt