milonga
Portuguese, noun/miˈlõ.ɡɐ/
milonga is spelled M-I-L-O-N-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milonga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “milonga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estilo de música tradicional em várias partes da América Latina e na Espanha”.
What does milonga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemilonga
- 2
femininemilonga
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estilo de música tradicional em várias partes da América Latina e na Espanha; 2. conversa fiada
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 milonga
- milongas plural
- mi.lon.ga. canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milonga?
- Brazil /miˈlõ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /miˈlõ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is milonga in Portuguese?
milonga appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).