açougue
Portuguese, noun/aˈso(w).ɡi/
açougue is spelled A-Ç-O-U-G-U-E (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Açougue is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “butchershop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estabelecimento no qual são comercializadas variedades de carne crua destinada ao consumo humano”.
What does açougue mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazildatedmasculinebutchershop
- 2
masculineslaughterhouse
- 3
masculinemassacre, killing
- 4
Brazilinformalmasculineplace or circumstance in which there is noise or disorder
- 5
Brazilderogatoryinformalmasculinewhorehouse, brothel
- 6
archaicmasculineplace where bread, vegetables and other basic goods were sold
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estabelecimento no qual são comercializadas variedades de carne crua destinada ao consumo humano 2. local onde são abatidas reses 3. matança, massacre 4. desordem, algazarra
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of açougue
- açougues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce açougue?
- Brazil /aˈso(w).ɡi/
- Brazil [aˈso(ʊ̯).ɡi]
- Portugal /ɐˈso(w).ɡɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to açougue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is açougue in Portuguese?
açougue appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).