coringa
Portuguese, noun/koˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
coringa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of curinga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of coringar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que curinga”.
What does coringa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of curinga
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. o mesmo que curinga
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 coringa
- coringas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coringa?
- Brazil /koˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
- Brazil /kuˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /kuˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coringa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coringa in Portuguese?
coringa appears 3.7 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).