laranja
Portuguese, noun/laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
laranja is spelled L-A-R-A-N-J-A (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,888th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laranja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “orange (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto cítrica da laranjeira, cuja cor característica é o laranja”.
What does laranja mean in English?
adjective
- 1
orange (having orange as its color)
noun
- 1
feminineorange (fruit)
- 2
feminineorange (color)
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculinea front man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit, especially in political schemes), a straw man
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem a cor da laranja, cor-de-laranja
noun: 1. fruto cítrica da laranjeira, cuja cor característica é o laranja 2. a cor da laranja, mistura do amarelo com o vermelho 3. intermediário cujo nome é usado em transações corruptas
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 laranja
- laranjas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laranja?
- Brazil /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /lɐˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /lɐ.ˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laranja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laranja in Portuguese?
laranja appears 22 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).