reggae
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɛ.ɡi/
reggae is spelled R-E-G-G-A-E (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reggae is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estilo de música popular jamaicana surgido na década de 1960 que mistura blues, calipso e roquenrol…”.
What does reggae mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereggae (a music genre from Jamaica)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estilo de música popular jamaicana surgido na década de 1960 que mistura blues, calipso e roquenrol, caracterizado por um ritmo sincopado forte e letras de protesto social
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 reggae
- reg.gae canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reggae?
- Brazil /ˈʁɛ.ɡi/
- Brazil [ˈhɛ.ɡi]
- /ˈʁɛ.ɡi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reggae
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reggae in Portuguese?
reggae appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).