Polyglot Dictionary

porquinho-da-índia

/poɾˈkiɲu da ˈĩdʒja/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os porquinhos-da-índia

Meaning

  1. guinea pig

    • Ele comprou um porquinho-da-índia para o filho.

      He bought a guinea pig for his son.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cobaia

cobaia is more scientific or figurative, like "ser cobaia," to be a guinea pig for an experiment; porquinho-da-índia is the literal animal name.

Similar in other languages

German

Meerschweinchen

Meerschweinchen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "guinea pig."

Spanish

cobaya

cobaya is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "guinea pig."

Spanish

conejillo

conejillo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "guinea pig."

Practice

1 What does porquinho-da-índia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ele comprou um ___-da-índia para o filho.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches porquinho-da-índia?

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