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ourégão

Portuguese, noun/o(w)ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/

ourégão is spelled O-U-R-É-G-Ã-O (7 letters). Ourégão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of orégano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta aromática, da espécie Origanum vulgare, empregada para dar tempero”.

What does ourégão mean in English?

noun

  1. 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 aromática, da espécie Origanum vulgare, empregada para dar 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 ourégão

  • ourégãos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ourégão?

  • Brazil /o(w)ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /o(w)ˈɾɛ.ɡɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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