toninha

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *thunnīna, from Latin thunnus (“tunna”). Cognate with Spanish toñina, Italian tonnina, Catalan tonyina. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ĩɲɐ, (Portugal) -iɲɐ Hyphenation: to‧ni‧nha === Noun === toninha f (plural toninhas) porpoise (any of the small cetacean species of the family Phocoenidae) Synonym: marsuíno La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei, a dolphin species of South America) Synonym: franciscana ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “toninha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “toninha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “toninha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “toninha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026