What is “danoninho” in Brazilian Portuguese?

Freiras, ciúmes e a piada do lanche

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B1 Portuguese listening practice · Brazilian Portuguese · Picked for people who know some

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danoninho
Brazilian children's yogurt brand turned generic
The Danone kids' yogurt-pot brand so common in Brazil that it’s become the word for any small fruit yogurt

Danoninho is the Brazilian children’s yogurt-pot product launched by Danone in the 1980s. The small pink cups, with cartoon mascots and the famous slogan “Danoninho vale por um bifinho” (“a Danoninho is worth a little steak”), became so embedded in Brazilian childhood that danoninho is now used generically for any small fruit yogurt cup, even from competing brands. The same fate has hit other Brazilian brands: Bombril for steel wool, Maizena for cornstarch.

In this skit, a group of nuns argue about lunch and one of them lists iogurte and danoninho as the kids' yogurts she serves. Even nuns reach for the brand name first.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this B1 Portuguese listening practice video?

89.3%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Portuguese words
Most of the words in this video are common Portuguese words.

How common in written Portuguese

83%
Top 1,000
89.3%
Top 2,000
96.1%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Portuguese

94.7%
Top 1,000
99.5%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Words for talking
This video uses words people often say in Portuguese.

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than B1. Here is what they mean.

danoninho
2×
Not in top 5,000
yogurt snack
almoça
1×
Not in top 5,000
has lunch
cês
1×
Not in top 5,000
you (plural)
comen
1×
Not in top 5,000
they eat
iogurte
1×
Not in top 5,000
yogurt
não toca no meu lanche
1×
idiom: don't touch my food

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-PT-BR 2012 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

★Where you hear this
  • ▸In Brazilian supermarket dairy aisles
  • ▸In Brazilian children’s TV ads and 1990s nostalgia content
  • ▸In Brazilian sitcoms and family scenes (Os Normais, Carrossel)
  • ▸In Brazilian parent-and-toddler YouTube content
  • ▸In Brazilian school lunch-box discussions

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