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jazigo

Portuguese, noun/ʒaˈzi.ɡu/

jazigo is spelled J-A-Z-I-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jazigo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tomb; grave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local onde é sepultada uma pessoa; túmulo; campa; sepultura”.

What does jazigo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetomb; grave

  2. 2

    masculinedeposit; bed

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. local onde é sepultada uma pessoa; túmulo; campa; sepultura 2. pequena construção existente num cemitério onde são sepultadas diversas pessoas da mesma família 3. depósito natural de minério; jazida

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 jazigo

  • jazigos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce jazigo?

  • Brazil /ʒaˈzi.ɡu/
  • Portugal /ʒɐˈzi.ɡu/
  • Portugal [ʒɐˈzi.ɣu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to jazigo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is jazigo in Portuguese?

jazigo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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