orégão
Portuguese, noun/oˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/
orégão is spelled O-R-É-G-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orégão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of orégano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Labiadas, usada como tempero”.
What does orégão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of orégano
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
noun: 1. variante ortográfica de Oregon (estado dos Estados Unidos da América)
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 orégão
- orégãos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orégão?
- Brazil /oˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [oˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɔˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orégão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orégão in Portuguese?
orégão appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).