portuga
Portuguese, noun/poʁˈtu.ɡɐ/
portuga is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portuga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Portuguese (person from Portugal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo de origem portuguesa ou algo relacionado a Portugal”.
What does portuga mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilcolloquialderogatoryfemininemasculinePortuguese (person from Portugal)
adjective
- 1
BrazilcolloquialderogatoryfemininemasculinePortuguese (of Portugal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo de origem portuguesa ou algo relacionado a Portugal
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 portuga
- portugas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portuga?
- Brazil /poʁˈtu.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [pohˈtu.ɡɐ]
- /poɾˈtu.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is portuga in Portuguese?
portuga appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).