gíria
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒi.ɾjɐ/
gíria is spelled G-Í-R-I-A (5 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gíria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jargon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vocabulário especialmente criado por um determinado grupo ou categoria social, com o objetivo de servir de…”.
What does gíria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejargon
- 2
feminineslang, argot, cant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vocabulário especialmente criado por um determinado grupo ou categoria social, com o objetivo de servir de distinção do resto da sociedade, excluindo os indivíduos externos a esse grupo, uma vez que costuma resultar numa linguagem ininteligível 2. manha, astúcia
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 gíria
- gírias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gíria?
- Brazil /ˈʒi.ɾjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʒi.ɾjɐ/
- Brazil /"Zi.4i.6/, /'Zi.4j6/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gíria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gíria in Portuguese?
gíria appears 2.4 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).