ratinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From rato (“rat”) +‎ -inho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/ [haˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/ [χaˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈt͡ʃi.ɲo/ [haˈt͡ʃi.ɲo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈti.ɲu/

Hyphenation: ra‧ti‧nho

Noun

ratinho m (plural ratinhos, feminine ratinha, feminine plural ratinhas)

diminutive of rato

Further reading

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