negrinho
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From negro + -inho.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ĩɲu, (Portugal) -iɲu
Hyphenation: ne‧gri‧nho
=== Noun ===
negrinho m (plural negrinhos)
diminutive of negro (“black color”)
(Portugal, regional, cooking) dark-colored blood sausage
(Rio Grande do Sul, cooking) synonym of brigadeiro
negrinho m (plural negrinhos, feminine negrinha, feminine plural negrinhas)
(possibly offensive)
diminutive of negro (“black person”)
black child or youngster
=== Adjective ===
negrinho (feminine negrinha, masculine plural negrinhos, feminine plural negrinhas)
diminutive of negro
=== Synonyms ===
(diminutive): negrito (uncommon)
(blood sausage): negrito (Estremadura)
=== Further reading ===
“negrinho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“negrinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026