jaguar
Portuguese, noun/ʒaˈɡwaʁ/
jaguar is spelled J-A-G-U-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jaguar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “felídeo grande e feroz cuja pelagem tem manchas pretas; onça, onça-pintada”.
What does jaguar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. felídeo grande e feroz cuja pelagem tem manchas pretas; onça, onça-pintada
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 jaguar
- jaguares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jaguar?
- Brazil /ʒaˈɡwaʁ/
- Brazil [ʒaˈɡwah]
- /ʒaˈɡwaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jaguar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jaguar in Portuguese?
jaguar appears 2.5 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).