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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
maninho (feminine maninha, masculine plural maninhos, feminine plural maninhas)
- barren
Etymology 2
Noun
maninho m (plural maninhos)
- uncultivated land
- estate of a deceased person leaving no descendants
Etymology 3
From mano + -inho.
Noun
maninho m (plural maninhos, feminine maninha, feminine plural maninhas)
- diminutive of mano (“brother”)
- Synonym: irmãozinho
- diminutive of mano (“bro, homie”)
Etymology 4
Verb
maninho
- first-person singular present indicative of maninhar
Further reading
- “maninho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “maninho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “maninho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “maninho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “maninho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025