relincho

See also: relinchó

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈlĩ.ʃu/ [heˈlĩ.ʃu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈlĩ.ʃu/ [χeˈlĩ.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈlĩ.ʃo/ [heˈlĩ.ʃo]

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

Hyphenation: re‧lin‧cho

Etymology 1

Noun

relincho m (plural relinchos)

neigh (the cry of a horse)

Etymology 2

Verb

relincho

first-person singular present indicative of relinchar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈlint͡ʃo/ [reˈlĩnʲ.t͡ʃo]
Rhymes: -intʃo
Syllabification: re‧lin‧cho

Etymology 1

Deverbal from relinchar.

Noun

relincho m (plural relinchos)

neigh

Etymology 2

Verb

relincho

first-person singular present indicative of relinchar

Further reading

“relincho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025