galanga
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/
galanga is spelled G-A-L-A-N-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese, the 201,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galanga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “galangal (any of several plants of the ginger family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does galanga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegalangal (any of several plants of the ginger family)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of galanga
- galangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galanga?
- Brazil /ɡaˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈlɐ̃.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 galanga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galanga in Portuguese?
galanga appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).