espanglês
Portuguese, noun/is.pɐ̃ˈɡle(j)s/
espanglês is spelled E-S-P-A-N-G-L-Ê-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espanglês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Spanglish (code-switching of English and Spanish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dialeto utilizado informalmente nos Estados Unidos entre os imigrantes/descendentes de países…”.
What does espanglês mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSpanglish (code-switching of English and Spanish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dialeto utilizado informalmente nos Estados Unidos entre os imigrantes/descendentes de países latino-americanos, muito comum no sul do estado da Flórida
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 do you pronounce espanglês?
- Brazil /is.pɐ̃ˈɡle(j)s/
- Brazil [is.pɐ̃ˈɡle(ɪ̯)s]
- Brazil /es.pɐ̃ˈɡle(j)s/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espanglês in Portuguese?
espanglês appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).