arenque
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾẽ.ki/
arenque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “herring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar de peixes teleósteos da família dos Clupeídos”.
What does arenque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherring
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar de peixes teleósteos da família dos Clupeídos 2. pessoa muito magra
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 arenque
- arenques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arenque?
- Brazil /aˈɾẽ.ki/
- Portugal /ɐˈɾẽ.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arenque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arenque in Portuguese?
arenque appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).