chaga
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃa.ɡɐ/
chaga is spelled C-H-A-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chagar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferida aberta”.
What does chaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
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).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ferida aberta 2. incisão na casca das árvores
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 chaga
- chagas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaga?
- Brazil /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ˈʃa.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chaga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaga in Portuguese?
chaga appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).