ruga
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁu.ɡɐ/
ruga is spelled R-U-G-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wrinkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rugar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prega”.
What does ruga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewrinkle
- 2
femininecrease
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prega 2. gelha na pele
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 ruga
- rugas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruga?
- Brazil /ˈʁu.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhu.ɡɐ]
- /ˈʁu.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruga in Portuguese?
ruga appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).