hooligan
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁu.li.ɡɐ̃/
hooligan is spelled H-O-O-L-I-G-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hooligan is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a sports hooligan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hooligan mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea sports hooligan
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hooligan
- hooligans plural
- holígane alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hooligan?
- Brazil /ˈʁu.li.ɡɐ̃/
- Brazil [ˈhu.li.ɡɐ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hooligan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hooligan in Portuguese?
hooligan appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).