mega
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/
mega is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clipping of megabyte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “notação de grandeza para um milhão de baites de oito bites”.
What does mega mean in English?
adverb
- 1
informalvery, super (intensifier)
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of megabyte
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineclipping of mega hair
prefix
- 1
mega- (very large, great)
- 2
mega- (multiplication factor of one million)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. notação de grandeza para um milhão de baites de oito bites 2. loteria da Caixa Econômica Federal, Mega-Sena 3. mosquito menor que o trombeteiro; muchão
prefix: 1. prefixo do sistema métrico usado para indicar a multiplicação de uma unidade por dez elevado a seis (milhão) 2. elemento de composição que transmite a noção de longo, grande
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 mega
- megas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mega?
- Brazil /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ˈmɛ.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mega
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mega in Portuguese?
mega appears 28 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).