enganoso
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.ɡaˈno.zu/
enganoso is spelled E-N-G-A-N-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enganoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “deceptive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que engana”.
What does enganoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deceptive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que engana 2. em que há engano
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 enganoso
- enganosa feminine
- enganosos masculine plural
- enganosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enganoso?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡaˈno.zu/
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡaˈno.zu/
- Portugal /ẽ.ɡɐˈno.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enganoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enganoso in Portuguese?
enganoso 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).