gamine

A noun referring to a girl with a playful, mischievous, or impish charm, often associated with a waif-like or street-smart appearance.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma moça ou menina com charme travesso, malicioso ou endiabrado, frequentemente associada a uma aparência magra e de rua.

1. Street girl C1 formal

   A girl who is homeless and lives or wanders in the streets.

   • The novel tells the story of a gamine surviving in the city.
   • She was a gamine, sleeping in doorways and begging for food.
   • The film portrays the life of a gamine in post-war Paris.

   🇵🇹Menina de rua

   Sinônimos: guttersniperagamuffinstreet urchinurchinwaif

2. Impish girl C1 formal

   A girl with a playful, mischievous, and often charmingly boyish or waif-like appeal.

   • With her short hair and playful smile, she had a gamine quality.
   • The actress was known for her gamine look and witty charm.
   • He was drawn to her gamine spirit and carefree attitude.

   🇵🇹Menina travessa

   Sinônimos: hoydenimpminxpixiespritetomboy

• gamines plural form
• gamines' possessive plural form
• gamine's possessive singular form