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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Portuguese
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edit
]
Alternative forms
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]
mãinha
,
mainha
(
Northeast Brazil
)
Etymology
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edit
]
From
mãe
(
“
mother
”
)
+
-zinha
.
Pronunciation
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]
(
Brazil
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˌmɐ̃j̃ˈzĩ.ɲɐ/
[ˌmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃ɐ]
(
Brazil
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˌmɐ̃j̃ˈzĩ.ɲɐ/
[ˌmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃ɐ]
(
Southern Brazil
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˌmɐ̃j̃ˈzi.ɲa/
[ˌmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ˈzi.ɲa]
(
Portugal
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˌmɐ̃j̃ˈzi.ɲɐ/
Hyphenation:
mãe‧zi‧nha
Noun
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]
mãezinha
f
(
plural
mãezinhas
)
diminutive
of
mãe
(
endearing
)
mammy
,
mum
,
mom
Further reading
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]
“
mãezinha
”, in
Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa
(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–
2026
Categories
:
Portuguese terms suffixed with -zinha
Portuguese 3-syllable words
Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
Portuguese lemmas
Portuguese nouns
Portuguese countable nouns
Portuguese feminine nouns
Portuguese diminutive nouns
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