gulag
Portuguese, noun/ɡuˈla.ɡi/
gulag is spelled G-U-L-A-G (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gulag is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gulag (Soviet labour camp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “campo de trabalhos forçados para criminosos, presos políticos ou cidadãos que se opunham ao regime comunista…”.
What does gulag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegulag (Soviet labour camp)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. campo de trabalhos forçados para criminosos, presos políticos ou cidadãos que se opunham ao regime comunista na URSS 2. sistema de prisões e campos de trabalhos forçados da URSS no período stalinista
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 gulag
- gulags plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gulag?
- Brazil /ɡuˈla.ɡi/
- Brazil /ɡuˈlaɡ/
- Portugal /ɡu.lɐˈɡi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gulag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gulag in Portuguese?
gulag 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).