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.

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Meaning of the word tampinha

dumpy person, children's game

tampinha

noun (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.

tampinha

noun (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.)

nanico

noun (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 tampinha

noun (guessing game) (figurado, jogo de azar)

I'm pretty sure there's some kind of trickery involved in shell games.

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