Noun: meninho
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | meninho |
| Singular f | meninha |
| Plural m | meninhos |
| Plural f | meninhas |
Sample Sentences
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Eſta e como ſanta maria reſſucitou ao menỹo que o Judeu matara por que cantaua Gaude uirgo maria. (This one is how Holy Mary resurrected the boy who the Jew had killed because he sang Gaude Virgo Maria.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 6 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/067.html] facsimile])]
Nouns inflected like meninho
barbaro,
passaro,
namorado,
baesteiro,
ligeyro,
castelão,
amigo,
fillo,
filho,
louco,
menỹo,
bogio,
irmão,
judio,
preso,
tio,
santo,
yrmão,
zevro,
aldeião, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Latin minimus; compare the Spanish phrase mi niño. Or, possibly an expressive cry, compared with Catalan minyó (“boy”), French mignon (“cute”). See: Latin Nouns '
minimus', Catalan Nouns '
minyó', French Nouns '
mignon'.
Verbs referencing "meninho"
Portuguese Nouns
menino, Galician Nouns
meniño.
Translations