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monotongo

Portuguese, noun/mo.noˈtõ.ɡu/

monotongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “monophthong (a pure vowel sound, without a glide)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does monotongo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemonophthong (a pure vowel sound, without a glide)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of monotongo

  • monotongos plural
  • monophthongo alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce monotongo?

  • Brazil /mo.noˈtõ.ɡu/
  • Portugal /mɔ.nɔˈtõ.ɡu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.