chunga
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/
chunga is spelled C-H-U-N-G-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chunga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a street thug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chunga mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Portugalcolloquialfemininemasculinecrappy, dodgy, cheap (of bad quality, or in a bad condition)
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculinebothersome
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininemasculinea street thug
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chunga
- chungas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chunga?
- Brazil /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃũ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chunga in Portuguese?
chunga appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).