bangue
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɐ̃.ɡi/
bangue is spelled B-A-N-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bangue is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que bango”.
What does bangue mean in English?
interjection
- 1
bang (verbal percussive sound)
noun
- 1
masculineslangthing
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. padiola que servia para carregar os cadáveres dos escravos africanos; 2. liteira movida a tração animal, com o teto e cortinados de ouro; 3. o conjunto da fornalha e tachos, nos engenhos de açúcar; 4. o próprio engenho de açucar com a propriedade rural.
noun: 1. o mesmo que bango
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 bangue
- bangues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bangue?
- Brazil /ˈbɐ̃.ɡi/
- Portugal /ˈbɐ̃.ɡɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bangue in Portuguese?
bangue appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).