flamengo
Portuguese, noun/flaˈmẽ.ɡu/
flamengo is spelled F-L-A-M-E-N-G-O (8 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flamengo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “native or inhabitant of Flanders” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural de Flandres (principalmente da parte belga)”.
What does flamengo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Flemish (of or relating to Flanders)
- 2
Flemish (of or relating to the Flemish dialect)
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of Flanders
- 2
masculineFlemish (the Dutch dialect spoken in Flanders)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of flamingo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é de Flandres ou dos seus habitantes; que lhes diz respeito.
noun: 1. natural de Flandres (principalmente da parte belga) 2. neerlandês falado na Bélgica 3. o mesmo que flamingo
noun: 1. bairro da zona sul do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2. Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, time brasileiro do Rio de Janeiro
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 flamengo
- flamenga feminine
- flamengos masculine plural
- flamengas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flamengo?
- Brazil /flaˈmẽ.ɡu/
- Portugal /flɐˈmẽ.ɡu/
- /fla.ˈmẽj.gu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flamengo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flamengo in Portuguese?
flamengo appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).