cringe
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾĩ.ʒi/
cringe is spelled C-R-I-N-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese, the 227,016th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cringe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cringe (content that embarrasses onlookers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cringe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecringe (content that embarrasses onlookers)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecringeworthy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. embaraçosamente despertante de aguda sensação de vergonha em relação a ação ou condição de uma pessoa
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 cringe
- cringes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cringe?
- Brazil /ˈkɾĩ.ʒi/
- Portugal /ˈkɾĩd͡ʒ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cringe in Portuguese?
cringe appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).