lengalenga
Portuguese, noun/ˌlẽ.ɡɐˈlẽ.ɡɐ/
lengalenga is spelled L-E-N-G-A-L-E-N-G-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lengalenga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rigmarole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conversa fiada, enfadonha; ladainha; lenda”.
What does lengalenga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerigmarole
- 2
femininemonotonous, tiresome, droning speech
- 3
Portugalfemininesynonym of parlenda
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conversa fiada, enfadonha; ladainha; lenda
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 lengalenga
- lengalengas plural
- lenga-lenga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lengalenga?
- Brazil /ˌlẽ.ɡɐˈlẽ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˌlẽ.ɡɐˈlẽ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /lẽ.ɡɐ.ˈlẽ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lengalenga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lengalenga in Portuguese?
lengalenga appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).