"ninho" meaning in Portuguese

See ninho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [Brazil], [ˈnĩ.j̃u] [Brazil], /ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [Brazil], [ˈnĩ.j̃u] [Brazil], /ˈni.ɲo/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈni.ɲu/ [Portugal] Forms: ninhos [plural]
Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Compare Galician niño, Spanish nido, Catalan niu, French nid and Italian nido. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|*nio|*nio, *nĩo|nest}} Old Galician-Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), {{inh|pt|la|nīdus||nest}} Latin nīdus (“nest”), {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*nizdos||nest}} Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), {{inh|pt|ine-pro|*nisdós||nest}} Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), {{cog|gl|niño}} Galician niño, {{cog|es|nido}} Spanish nido, {{cog|ca|niu}} Catalan niu, {{cog|fr|nid}} French nid, {{cog|it|nido}} Italian nido Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} ninho m (plural ninhos)
  1. nest (bird-built structure) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ninho-pt-noun-WbuazvVv
  2. (by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young) Tags: broadly, masculine Synonyms: covil, toca
    Sense id: en-ninho-pt-noun-j8eUTRAp
  3. (figurative, endearing) home Tags: endearing, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: abrigo, castelo, lar
    Sense id: en-ninho-pt-noun-TqFAWIFQ
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) Ellipsis of leite ninho (“powdered milk”). Tags: Brazil, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, masculine Alternative form of: leite ninho (extra: powdered milk) Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-ninho-pt-noun-XNCJIY~X Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 8 27 24 41 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese ellipses, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 1 23 19 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leite ninho, ninho de cobra, ninho de geada, ninho de guincho, ninho de metralhadora, ninho de rato
Related terms: aninhar, desanichar, desaninhar, nicho, nidação, nidícola, nidificação, nidificante, nidificar, nieiro, ninhal, ninhário, ninhego, ninheiro

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ninho de metralhadora"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "expansion": "Spanish nido",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nieiro"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ninhal"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "ref": "2016 November 6, Yuri Ramires, quoting Emilaine Magnanti, “Bióloga \"se encontra\" na confeitaria e cria 30 tipos de brigadeiro”, in MidiaNews, Cuiabá, archived from the original on 2016-11-07:",
          "text": "“Os que mais saem são o brigadeiro tradicional, de ninho com nutella, de churros e beijinho”, lembrou.",
          "type": "quote"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈnĩ.j̃u]",
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        "Brazil"
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      "ipa": "/ˈnĩ.ɲu/",
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        "Brazil"
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      "ipa": "[ˈnĩ.j̃u]",
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        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ɲo/",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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      "ipa": "/ˈni.ɲu/",
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        "Portugal"
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      "rhymes": "-iɲu"
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    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -ĩɲu"
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}
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      "word": "ninho de geada"
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    {
      "word": "ninho de guincho"
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      "word": "aninhar"
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      "word": "desanichar"
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      "word": "desaninhar"
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      "word": "nicho"
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      "word": "nieiro"
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      "word": "ninhal"
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      "word": "ninhário"
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        "(by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)"
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          "ref": "2016 November 6, Yuri Ramires, quoting Emilaine Magnanti, “Bióloga \"se encontra\" na confeitaria e cria 30 tipos de brigadeiro”, in MidiaNews, Cuiabá, archived from the original on 2016-11-07:",
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      "ipa": "/ˈnĩ.ɲu/",
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        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnĩ.ɲu/",
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        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnĩ.j̃u]",
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        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ɲo/",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ɲu/",
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iɲu"
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      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -ĩɲu"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "ninho"
}

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