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gancho

Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/

gancho is spelled G-A-N-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gancho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hook; peg; grapple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de metal ou qualquer outro material resistente, com uma as extremidades em curva, para alçar, suspender…”.

What does gancho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehook; peg; grapple

  2. 2

    Portugalmasculinehairpin

  3. 3

    masculineswitchhook

  4. 4

    masculinecliffhanger

  5. 5

    masculinethe central part of a pair of trousers to which the legs are sown

  6. 6

    masculinea hook or uppercut

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. peça de metal ou qualquer outro material resistente, com uma as extremidades em curva, para alçar, suspender ou agarrar fardos ou qualquer peso 2. arame de forma de U com que as mulheres seguram o cabelo. 3. parte da calça em que se unem as duas pernas. 4. anzol

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 gancho

  • ganchos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gancho?

  • Brazil /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
  • Portugal /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
  • Portugal /ˈɡɐ̃t.ʃu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gancho

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gancho in Portuguese?

gancho appears 3.7 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).

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