orangotango
Portuguese, noun/o.ɾɐ̃.ɡoˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
orangotango is spelled O-R-A-N-G-O-T-A-N-G-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orangotango is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “orangutan (any ape of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “primata hominídeo da subfamília Ponginae”.
What does orangotango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorangutan (any ape of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. primata hominídeo da subfamília Ponginae
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 orangotango
- orangotangos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orangotango?
- Brazil /o.ɾɐ̃.ɡoˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
- Portugal /ɔ.ɾɐ̃.ɡuˈtɐ̃.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orangotango
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orangotango in Portuguese?
orangotango appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).