menino

See also: meniño

Italian

Verb

menino

third-person plural present subjunctive of menare
third-person plural imperative of menare

Anagrams

nomine

Portuguese

Alternative forms

minino (obsolete, eye dialect)
meninho (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese meninno of uncertain origin. Maybe from Latin minimus. Cognate with Galician meniño. Compare also Mirandese nino, Leonese and Asturian neñu, Spanish niño and Aragonese nino.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ˈni.nu/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈni.nu/
Hyphenation: me‧ni‧no

Noun

menino m (plural meninos, feminine menina, feminine plural meninas)

boy (a young male)

Synonyms

garoto, rapaz, moço, miúdo (Portugal), guri (chiefly dialectal in Southern Brazil), piá (dialectal in Paraná, Brazil), catraio (colloquial)

Derived terms

meninada

Related terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: mininu
→ Spanish: menino, menina
- → French: menin

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