ortiga
Portuguese, noun/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/
ortiga is spelled O-R-T-I-G-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortiga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of urtiga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ortigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Urticáceas que provoca comichão em contato com a pele”.
What does ortiga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of urtiga
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
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 Urticáceas que provoca comichão em contato com a pele
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 ortiga
- ortigas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ortiga?
- Brazil /oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ohˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ortiga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ortiga in Portuguese?
ortiga appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).