canicho

Portuguese

Etymology

From cão +‎ -icho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈni.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈni.t͡ʃu/

Rhymes: -iʃu
Hyphenation: ca‧ni‧cho

Noun

canicho m (plural canichos)

a small dog
Synonyms: cãozinho, cachorrinho, canito, cãozito

Further reading

“canicho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“canicho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026