carrocinha

Portuguese

Etymology

From carroça +‎ -inha.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/ [ka.hɔˈsĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/ [ka.χɔˈsĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ʁɔˈsi.ɲa/ [ka.hɔˈsi.ɲa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ʁɔˈsi.ɲɐ/

  • Hyphenation: car‧ro‧ci‧nha

Noun

carrocinha f (plural carrocinhas)

  1. diminutive of carroça
    Synonym: carroçazinha
  2. a vehicle, usually a van, used by pounds (animal control services)
  3. (metonymic) a pound, animal control service
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.