colinho
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɔˈlĩ.ɲu/ [kɔˈlĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɔˈli.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔˈli.ɲu/
- Hyphenation: co‧li‧nho
Noun
colinho m (plural colinhos)
- diminutive of colo
- cuddle
- O bebé quer colinho. ― The baby wants a cuddle.
- (soccer, colloquial) the act of being favoured by the referees
Further reading
- “colinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026