legging
Portuguese, noun/ˈlɛ.ɡĩ/
legging is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “legging (a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “calças justas que vão da cintura até o tornozelo e são frequentemente usadas em exercícios e práticas…”.
What does legging mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegging (a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. calças justas que vão da cintura até o tornozelo e são frequentemente usadas em exercícios e práticas esportivas
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 legging
- leggings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legging?
- Brazil /ˈlɛ.ɡĩ/
- Portugal /ˈlɛ.ɡĩɡ/
- Portugal [ˈlɛ.ɣĩɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legging
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legging in Portuguese?
legging 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).