jângal
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒɐ̃.ɡaw/
jângal is spelled J-Â-N-G-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jângal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jungle (large, undeveloped, humid forest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imenso aglomerado de árvores que ocupa de modo cerrado uma longa extensão territorial”.
What does jângal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejungle (large, undeveloped, humid forest)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. imenso aglomerado de árvores que ocupa de modo cerrado uma longa extensão territorial
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 jângal
- jângales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jângal?
- Brazil /ˈʒɐ̃.ɡaw/
- Brazil [ˈʒɐ̃.ɡaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈʒɐ̃.ɡal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jângal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jângal in Portuguese?
jângal appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).