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polenguinho

Portuguese, noun/po.lẽˈɡĩ.ɲu/

polenguinho is spelled P-O-L-E-N-G-U-I-N-H-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polenguinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “processed cheese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does polenguinho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculineprocessed cheese

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculineslangvulgarcheese (smegma)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of polenguinho

  • polenguinhos plural

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

How do you pronounce polenguinho?

  • Brazil /po.lẽˈɡĩ.ɲu/
  • Brazil [po.lẽˈɡĩ.j̃u]

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

How common is polenguinho in Portuguese?

polenguinho appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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