enguia
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈɡi.ɐ/
enguia is spelled E-N-G-U-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enguia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “eel (elongated fish which resemble snakes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe de água doce da família dos anguilídeos, de corpo longo e cilíndrico e pele escorregadia”.
What does enguia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeel (elongated fish which resemble snakes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe de água doce da família dos anguilídeos, de corpo longo e cilíndrico e pele escorregadia 2. eiró
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 enguia
- enguias plural
- enguila alternative Brazil dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enguia?
- Brazil /ẽˈɡi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ĩˈɡi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ẽˈɡi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enguia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enguia in Portuguese?
enguia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).