íngua
Portuguese, noun/ˈĩ.ɡwɐ/
íngua is spelled Í-N-G-U-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Íngua is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “boil (accumulation of pus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inflamação dos gânglios linfáticos da virilha, bubão”.
What does íngua mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboil (accumulation of pus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inflamação dos gânglios linfáticos da virilha, bubão 2. inflamação de qualquer gânglio linfático
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 íngua
- ínguas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce íngua?
- Brazil /ˈĩ.ɡwɐ/
- Portugal /ˈĩ.ɡwɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to íngua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is íngua in Portuguese?
íngua appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).