jugular
Portuguese, noun/ʒu.ɡuˈlaʁ/
jugular is spelled J-U-G-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jugular is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jugular vein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a região da garganta”.
What does jugular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinejugular (relating to the neck or throat)
noun
- 1
femininejugular vein
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à garganta
noun: 1. a região da garganta
verb: 1. debelar, extinguir (uma revolta, uma epidemia) 2. decapitar; assassinar
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 jugular
- jugulares plural
- jugulando gerund
- jugulado participle
- jugulo singular first-person indicative
- jugulas singular second-person indicative
- jugula singular third-person indicative
- jugulamos plural first-person indicative
- jugulais plural second-person indicative
- jugulam plural third-person indicative
- jugulava singular first-person indicative
- jugulavas singular second-person indicative
- jugulávamos plural first-person indicative
- juguláveis plural second-person indicative
- jugulavam plural third-person indicative
- jugulei singular first-person indicative
- jugulaste singular second-person indicative
- jugulou singular third-person indicative
- jugulámos plural first-person indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jugular?
- Brazil /ʒu.ɡuˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [ʒu.ɡuˈlah]
- Portugal /ʒu.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jugular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jugular in Portuguese?
jugular appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).