missanga
Portuguese, noun/miˈsɐ̃.ɡɐ/
missanga is spelled M-I-S-S-A-N-G-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missanga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “glass bead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contas miúdas e variadas feitas de vidro”.
What does missanga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglass bead
colar de miçangas
- 2
femininean ornament made of glass beads
- 3
femininesomething small or insignificant
- 4
femininesmall body text
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. contas miúdas e variadas feitas de vidro 2. ornato feito dessas contas 3. miudezas; bagatelas; bugigangas
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 missanga
- missangas plural
- miçanga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce missanga?
- Brazil /miˈsɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /miˈsɐ̃.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to missanga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is missanga in Portuguese?
missanga appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).