orégano
Portuguese, noun/oˈɾɛ.ɡa.nu/
orégano is spelled O-R-É-G-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orégano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “oregano (Origanum vulgare, a herb of the mint family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Labiadas, usada como tempero”.
What does orégano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoregano (Origanum vulgare, a herb of the mint family)
- 2
masculineoregano (leaves of the oregano plant used to flavour food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das Labiadas, usada como tempero
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 orégano
- oréganos plural
- orégão alternative
- ourégão alternative
- orígano alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orégano?
- Brazil /oˈɾɛ.ɡa.nu/
- Portugal /ɔˈɾɛ.ɡɐ.nu/
- Portugal [ɔˈɾɛ.ɣɐ.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orégano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orégano in Portuguese?
orégano appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).