menino

See also: meniño

Italian

Verb

menino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of menare
2. third-person plural imperative of menare

Anagrams

• nomine

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• minino (obsolete, eye dialect)
• meninho (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese meninno of uncertain origin. Maybe from Latin minimus. Cognate with Galician meniño. Compare also Mirandese nino, Leonese and Asturian neñu, Spanish niño and Aragonese nino.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ˈni.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈni.nu/
• Hyphenation: me‧ni‧no

Noun

menino m (plural meninos, feminine menina, feminine plural meninas)

1. boy (a young male)

Synonyms

• garoto, rapaz, moço, miúdo (Portugal), guri (chiefly dialectal in Southern Brazil), piá (dialectal in Paraná, Brazil), catraio (colloquial)

Derived terms

• meninada

Related terms

• menina
• menininho
• meninão

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: mininu
• → Spanish: menino, menina
  • → French: menin