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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vara + -inha (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: va‧ri‧nha
Noun
[edit]varinha f (plural varinhas)
- diminutive of vara
- wand (stick or staff, used to perform a useful function)
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, page 436:
- Você pode usar sua varinha para tentar me desarmar, ou para se defender de qualquer outra maneira que consiga pensar.
- You may use your wand to try to disarm me, or to defend yourself in any other way that you can think of.