ranzinza
Portuguese, noun/ʁɐ̃ˈzĩ.zɐ/
ranzinza is spelled R-A-N-Z-I-N-Z-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ranzinza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a crabby person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ranzinza mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecrabby (given to complaining and becoming annoyed)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea crabby person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. rabugento
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 ranzinza
- ranzinzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ranzinza?
- Brazil /ʁɐ̃ˈzĩ.zɐ/
- Brazil [hɐ̃ˈzĩ.zɐ]
- /ʁɐ̃ˈzĩ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ranzinza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ranzinza in Portuguese?
ranzinza 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).