barriga
Portuguese, noun/baˈʁi.ɡɐ/
barriga is spelled B-A-R-R-I-G-A (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barriga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “belly (abdomen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cavidade do tronco dos animais, que fica entre o tórax e a bacia e contém o estômago e os intestinos, entre…”.
What does barriga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebelly (abdomen)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cavidade do tronco dos animais, que fica entre o tórax e a bacia e contém o estômago e os intestinos, entre outros órgãos; ventre 2. gravidez: 3. estômago: 4. pança, bandulho, bucho, rotundidade
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 barriga
- barrigas plural
- barriguinha diminutive
- barrigazinha diminutive
- barrigona augmentative
- barrigão augmentative masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barriga?
- Brazil /baˈʁi.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [baˈhi.ɡɐ]
- /baˈʁi.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barriga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barriga in Portuguese?
barriga appears 23 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).