nalgum
Portuguese, contraction/nawˈɡũ/
nalgum is spelled N-A-L-G-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nalgum is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of em + algum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição em com o pronome indefinido algum”.
What does nalgum mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of em + algum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição em com o pronome indefinido algum
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 nalgum
- nalguma feminine
- nalguns masculine plural
- nalgumas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nalgum?
- Brazil /nawˈɡũ/
- Brazil [naʊ̯ˈɡũ]
- Portugal /nalˈɡũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nalgum in Portuguese?
nalgum appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).