minguante
Portuguese, noun/mĩˈɡwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
minguante is spelled M-I-N-G-U-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minguante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the waning moon (phase of the moon when it appears to grow smaller)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma reduzida de "quarto minguante", uma das quatro fases da Lua (as outras três sendo nova, cheia e…”.
What does minguante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewaning (becoming weaker or smaller)
noun
- 1
masculinethe waning moon (phase of the moon when it appears to grow smaller)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que míngua
noun: 1. forma reduzida de "quarto minguante", uma das quatro fases da Lua (as outras três sendo nova, cheia e crescente)
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 minguante
- minguantes plural
- min.guan.te canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minguante?
- Brazil /mĩˈɡwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mĩˈɡwɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /mĩ.ɡuˈɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minguante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minguante in Portuguese?
minguante 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).