What does tampinha in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word tampinha in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tampinha in Portuguese.
The word tampinha in Portuguese means dumpy person, children's game, tampinha, tampinha, nanico, jogo da tampinha. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word tampinha
dumpy person, children's game
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tampinhanoun (slang, figurative, pejorative (small weak person) (gíria) (substantivo masculino, substantivo feminino: Substantivos que têm os gêneros masculino e feminino. Ex. "menino, menina", "ator, atriz".) That little runt needs to learn to defend himself. |
tampinhanoun (US, figurative ([sb/sth] very small or insignificant) (BRA, gíria: pessoa pequena) (substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.) |
naniconoun (figurative, slang (short person) Por que um nanico como você está tentando lutar com alguém o dobro do seu tamanho? What is a half pint like you doing trying to fight someone twice your size? |
jogo da tampinhanoun (guessing game) (figurado, jogo de azar) I'm pretty sure there's some kind of trickery involved in shell games. |
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