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The Portuguese word for child is
criança





child

Gender

The gender of criança is feminine. E.g. a criança.

Plural

The plural of criança is crianças.

Portuguese Definition


child
     1. Substantivo. * criança.



Translations for child and their definitions

criança
     1. n-f. child (young person)


filho ©
     1. n-m. son (male offspring)
     2. n-m. child (offspring of any sex)
     3. n-m. (informal) son (term of address for a younger male)
     4. n-m. (somewhat, poetic) son; child (any descendant)
     5. n-m. child (any person or thing heavily influenced by something else)
     6. n-m. (graph theory) child (a node, of a tree, that has a parent node)


menino
     1. n-m. boy (a young male)
     2. n-m. child (a young person)
     3. n-m. child (offspring)


menina
     1. n-f. girl (female child)
           Doutor, é menino ou menina? (Doctor, is it a boy or a girl?)
     2. n-f. young lady, miss (a title of respect for an unmarried young woman)
           Pode sentar-se aqui, menina. (You may sit here, miss.)
     3. n-f. (pejorative) an effeminate boy
     4. n-f. (Portugal, euphemistic, usually in plural) prostitute
           Ele tornou-se frequentador assíduo de casas de meninas. (He became a regular frequenter of houses of girls brothels.)


miúdo
     1. adj. very small
     2. n-m. (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child
     3. n-m. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal
     4. v. verb form of miudar


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