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ganja

Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɐ̃.ʒɐ/

ganja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arrogance or vanity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ganja mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfeminineslangarrogance or vanity

noun

  1. 1

    feminineslangmarijuana

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

Forms of ganja

  • ganjas plural

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

How do you pronounce ganja?

  • Brazil /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒɐ/

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

English words that translate to ganja

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

How common is ganja in Portuguese?

ganja appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).