caranga
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾɐ̃.ɡɐ/
caranga is spelled C-A-R-A-N-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caranga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “old car” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of carangar.
What does caranga mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfeminineslangold car
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caranga
- carangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caranga?
- Brazil /kaˈɾɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈɾɐ̃.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caranga in Portuguese?
caranga appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).