portuñol
Spanish, noun/poɾtuˈɲol/
portuñol is spelled P-O-R-T-U-Ñ-O-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portuñol is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Portuñol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua de contacto que combina elementos del español y el portugués, hablada en la región fronteriza del…”.
What does portuñol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePortuñol
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lengua de contacto que combina elementos del español y el portugués, hablada en la región fronteriza del Brasil y los territorios adyacentes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce portuñol?
- /poɾtuˈɲol/
- [poɾ.t̪uˈɲol]
- [poɾt̪uˈɲol]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is portuñol in Spanish?
portuñol appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).