-engo
Portuguese, suffix
-engo is spelled E-N-G-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -engo is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “pertaining to, having relation with or qualities of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designativo de relação ou pertença”.
What does -engo mean in English?
suffix
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derogatorymasculinepertaining to, having relation with or qualities of
mulher (“woman”) + -engo → mulherengo (“womanizer”)
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 engos
suffix: 1. designativo de relação ou pertença
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.
How common is -engo in Portuguese?
-engo appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).