mingau
Portuguese, noun/mĩˈɡaw/
mingau is spelled M-I-N-G-A-U (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mingau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “porridge (breakfast cereal dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “papa de farinha de trigo ou de mandioca caracterizado por ser uma comida mole ou aguada”.
What does mingau mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineporridge (breakfast cereal dish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. papa de farinha de trigo ou de mandioca caracterizado por ser uma comida mole ou aguada
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 mingau
- mingaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mingau?
- Brazil /mĩˈɡaw/
- Brazil [mĩˈɡaʊ̯]
- Portugal /mĩˈɡaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mingau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mingau in Portuguese?
mingau appears 1.4 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).