menina – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of menina

Noun: menina
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular fmenina
Plural fmeninas

Sample Sentences

  • Doutor, é menino ou menina? (Doctor, is it a boy or a girl?)
  • Ela é minha menina / E eu sou o menino dela / Ela é o meu amor / E eu sou o amor todinho dela (She is my girl / And I am her boy / She is my love / And I am her whole love.) [1968, “A minha menina”, performed by Os Mutantes:]
  • Pode sentar-se aqui, menina. (You may sit here, miss.)
  • Ele tornou-se frequentador assíduo de casas de meninas. (He became a regular frequenter of houses of girls [brothels].)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meninha, from meninho.

Verbs referencing "menina"

Spanish Nouns menina, Galician Nouns meniña.

Translations