Feminine
menina
Sentences
Meaning
- (feminine) girl (female child)
- (feminine) young lady, miss (a title of respect for an unmarried young woman)
- (derogatory, feminine) an effeminate boy
- (Portugal, derogatory, feminine, plural-normally) prostitute
- (colloquial, feminine, poetic) pupil (of the eye)
Concepts
fancy woman
female child
sporting lady
young girl
jeune fille
Synonyms
puela
filha criança menino
garina
meninota
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/meˈnĩ.nɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese meninha, from meninho.
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