purgante
Portuguese, noun/puʁˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
purgante is spelled P-U-R-G-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purgante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “purgative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância que provoca contrações intestinais, que levam o indivíduo a defecar”.
What does purgante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesynonym of purgador
noun
- 1
masculinepurgative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância que provoca contrações intestinais, que levam o indivíduo a defecar
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 purgante
- purgantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purgante?
- Brazil /puʁˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [puɦˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- /puɾˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is purgante in Portuguese?
purgante appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).