frango
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/
frango is spelled F-R-A-N-G-O (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frango is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “young chicken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pinto já crescido que ainda não é galo, ou melhor, adolescente”.
What does frango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyoung chicken
- 2
masculinepoultry (chicken meat)
De vaca ou de frango?
- 3
colloquialmasculineyoung boy
- 4
Brazilmasculineslanga skinny man or boy, especially one who has just started working out and has not developed a muscular figure yet
- 5
masculinea goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper
- 6
Brazilmasculinethe goalkeeper who makes this mistake
- 7
derogatorymasculinehomosexual man
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pinto já crescido que ainda não é galo, ou melhor, adolescente 2. nome dado em geral ao galináceo assado 3. rapazola, rapazelho 4. azelha, desastrado, que não tem muito jeito, que errou
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 frango
- frangos plural
- franguinho diminutive
- frangozinho diminutive
- frangainho diminutive
- frangote diminutive
- frangão augmentative
- frângão alternative archaic dialectal
- flango alternative pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frango?
- Brazil /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frango
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frango in Portuguese?
frango appears 21 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).