manguito
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈɡi.tu/
manguito is spelled M-A-N-G-U-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manguito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “muff (piece of clothing used for keeping the hands warm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gesto obsceno que consiste em pôr um dos antebraços na curva interna do outro, oscilando com este e com a mão…”.
What does manguito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuff (piece of clothing used for keeping the hands warm)
- 2
colloquialmasculinebras d'honneur; Iberian slap (obscene gesture)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gesto obsceno que consiste em pôr um dos antebraços na curva interna do outro, oscilando com este e com a mão fechada 2. gesto obsceno que consiste em pôr o dedo médio da mão com este estendido com os outros contractos curvados
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 manguito
- manguitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manguito?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈɡi.tu/
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈɡi.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is manguito in Portuguese?
manguito appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).