cegonha
Portuguese, noun/seˈɡõ.ɲɐ/
cegonha is spelled C-E-G-O-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cegonha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stork (large wading bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave de pernas e pescoço longos, do gênero Ciconia (Ciconia ciconia)”.
What does cegonha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestork (large wading bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave de pernas e pescoço longos, do gênero Ciconia (Ciconia ciconia) 2. o mesmo que jaburu-moleque 3. engenho com que se tira água de poços ou ribeiras
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 cegonha
- cegonhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cegonha?
- Brazil /seˈɡõ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [seˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /sɨˈɡo.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cegonha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cegonha in Portuguese?
cegonha appears 1.1 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).