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RG

Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.ʁi ˈʒe/

RG is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ID card (ID card issued in Brazil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does RG mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    BrazilmasculineID card (ID card issued in Brazil)

    Perdi meu RG.

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinethe identification number printed on the ID card

    O meu RG tem 9 dígitos.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. sigla de registro geral 2. o documento de identidade

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 RG

  • RGs plural

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

How do you pronounce RG?

  • Brazil /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈʒe/
  • Brazil [ˈɛ.hi ˈʒe]

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

English words that translate to RG

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

How common is RG in Portuguese?

RG appears 3.6 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).