menina
See also: meniña
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese meninha, from meninho.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: me‧ni‧na
Noun
editmenina f (plural meninas)
- girl (female child)
- Synonyms: garota, (Portugal) rapariga, moça, miúda, cachopa
- Doutor, é menino ou menina?
- Doctor, is it a boy or a girl?
- 1968, “A minha menina”, performed by Os Mutantes:
- Ela é minha menina / E eu sou o menino dela / Ela é o meu amor / E eu sou o amor todinho dela
- She is my girl / And I am her boy / She is my love / And I am her whole love.
- young lady, miss (a title of respect for an unmarried young woman)
- Pode sentar-se aqui, menina.
- You may sit here, miss.
- (derogatory) an effeminate boy
- (Portugal, derogatory, usually in the plural) prostitute
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
- Ele tornou-se frequentador assíduo de casas de meninas.
- He became a regular frequenter of houses of girls [brothels].
Descendants
edit- Spanish: menina
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese menina (“girl”), from Old Galician-Portuguese meninha (“girl”), from meninho (“boy”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmenina f (plural meninas)
- a court maid of honour
Usage notes
edit- Not to be confused with niña (“girl”).
Further reading
edit- “menino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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