daninho
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- damninho (obsolete)
Etymology
From dano (“damage”) + -inho.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [dɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dɐ̃ˈni.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɐˈni.ɲu/
- Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
- Hyphenation: da‧ni‧nho
Adjective
daninho (feminine daninha, masculine plural daninhos, feminine plural daninhas)
- harmful, noxious
- Synonyms: prejudicial, nocivo, danoso
Related terms
Noun
daninho m (plural daninhos)
- diminutive of dano
Further reading
- “daninho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “daninho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026