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pug

Portuguese, noun/ˈpɐ.ɡi/

pug is spelled P-U-G (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pug is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pug (dog breed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pug mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepug (dog breed)

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

Forms of pug

  • pugs plural

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

How do you pronounce pug?

  • Brazil /ˈpɐ.ɡi/
  • Brazil /ˈpu.ɡi/
  • Portugal /ˈpɐɡ/

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

English words that translate to pug

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pug in Portuguese?

pug appears about once in every 2 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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