curinga
Portuguese, noun/kuˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
curinga is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “joker (playing card)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carta de baralho cuja imagem é a de um bobo da corte ou louco”.
What does curinga mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinejoker (playing card)
- 2
Brazilmasculinewildcard (special character)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carta de baralho cuja imagem é a de um bobo da corte ou louco 2. carta de baralho que pode assumir qualquer valor em alguns jogos 3. pessoa que joga ou é capaz de desempenhar diferentes funções em jogo 4. caractere que indica qualquer cadeia de caracteres possível (normalmente o asterisco ou a porcentagem)
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 curinga
- curingas plural
- coringa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curinga?
- 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 curinga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curinga in Portuguese?
curinga 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).