gongo
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡõ.ɡu/
gongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gong (percussion instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gongar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de percussão idiófono originário da China; é uma barra de bronze em formato circular com as…”.
What does gongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegong (percussion instrument)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gongar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de percussão idiófono originário da China; é uma barra de bronze em formato circular com as extremidades voltadas para dentro
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 gongo
- gongos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gongo?
- Brazil /ˈɡõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈɡõ.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 gongo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gongo in Portuguese?
gongo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).