plugue
Portuguese, noun/ˈplu.ɡi/
plugue is spelled P-L-U-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plugue is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plug (ronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of plugar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça com um ou mais pinos que penetra na tomada, estabelecendo ligação elétrica”.
What does plugue mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineplug (ronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. peça com um ou mais pinos que penetra na tomada, estabelecendo ligação elétrica 2. tomada fêmea de ferro de passar roupa, que recebe o pino do fio de extensão 3. peça com um pino que penetra numa tomada para estabelecer um contato
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 plugue
- plugues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plugue?
- Brazil /ˈplu.ɡi/
- Portugal /ˈplu.ɡɨ/
- Portugal [ˈplu.ɣɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plugue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plugue in Portuguese?
plugue appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).