brigue
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾi.ɡi/
brigue is spelled B-R-I-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brigue is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brig (two-masted vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of brigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “navio de dois ou três mastros”.
What does brigue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrig (two-masted vessel)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. navio de dois ou três mastros
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 brigue
- brigues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brigue?
- Brazil /ˈbɾi.ɡi/
- Portugal /ˈbɾi.ɡɨ/
- Portugal [ˈbɾi.ɣɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brigue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brigue in Portuguese?
brigue appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).