escorrega
Portuguese, noun/is.koˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/
escorrega is spelled E-S-C-O-R-R-E-G-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escorrega is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “slide (item of play equipment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escorregar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “equipamento de lazer encontrado em áreas de recreação infantil e que consiste em uma superfície plana elevada…”.
What does escorrega mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslide (item of play equipment)
- 2
masculineslip, gaffe (foolish and embarrassing error)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. equipamento de lazer encontrado em áreas de recreação infantil e que consiste em uma superfície plana elevada ligada em sua parte posterior a uma escada que permite o acesso ao topo, a fim de deslizar sobre a superfície até o solo
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 escorrega
- escorregas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escorrega?
- Brazil /is.koˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [is.koˈhɛ.ɡɐ]
- Brazil /es.koˈʁɛ.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 escorrega
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escorrega in Portuguese?
escorrega appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).