pombinha
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /põˈbĩ.ɲɐ/ [põˈbĩ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /põˈbi.ɲa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /põˈbi.ɲɐ/
- Hyphenation: pom‧bi‧nha
Noun
pombinha f (plural pombinhas, masculine pombinho, masculine plural pombinhos)
- diminutive of pomba
- Synonym: pombazinha
- meat from the tail and hindquarters of cattle
- (Portugal, colloquial) naive girl
- (Portugal, childish) vagina, vulva (female genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
- (botany) Any of species Erythroxylum columbinum (family Erythroxylaceae), of eastern Brazil.
Further reading
- “pombinha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pombinha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “pombinha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “pombinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026