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menino

menino

See also: meniño

Italian

Verb

menino

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

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Portuguese

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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)

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