Polyglot Dictionary

menino

/meˈninu/

o noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os meninos

Meaning

  1. boy

    • O menino riu.

      The boy laughed.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

garoto

garoto is slightly more informal or modern, a young man; menino is more for a young child — both mean "boy."

Similar in other languages

German

Junge

Junge is the German word for the same thing — both mean "boy."

Spanish

muchacho

muchacho is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "boy."

Practice

1 What does menino mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ riu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches menino?

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