briguento
Portuguese, adjective/bɾiˈɡẽ.tu/
briguento is spelled B-R-I-G-U-E-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Briguento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “feisty, quarrelsome, contentious; of someone often involved in fights, brawls or quarrels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que gosta de arrumar briga”.
What does briguento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
feisty, quarrelsome, contentious; of someone often involved in fights, brawls or quarrels
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que gosta de arrumar briga
noun: 1. aquele que gosta de arrumar briga
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 briguento
- briguenta feminine
- briguentos masculine plural
- briguentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce briguento?
- Brazil /bɾiˈɡẽ.tu/
- Portugal /bɾiˈɡẽ.tu/
- Portugal [bɾiˈɣẽ.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to briguento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is briguento in Portuguese?
briguento appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).