ferrugento
Portuguese, adjective/fe.ʁuˈʒẽ.tu/
ferrugento is spelled F-E-R-R-U-G-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrugento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rusty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem ferrugem, diz-se do ferro oxidado”.
What does ferrugento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rusty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem ferrugem, diz-se do ferro oxidado 2. da cor da ferrugem 3. obsoleto, antiquado 4. zopeiro, com dificuldades para se mover, trôpego
noun: 1. (Phoenicurus ochruros), pequeno pássaro europeu, o macho é de cor negra, com cauda ruiva, costuma viver em lugares rochosos ou em edificações
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 ferrugento
- ferrugenta feminine
- ferrugentos masculine plural
- ferrugentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrugento?
- Brazil /fe.ʁuˈʒẽ.tu/
- Brazil [fe.huˈʒẽ.tu]
- /fe.ʁuˈʒẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ferrugento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferrugento in Portuguese?
ferrugento appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).