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rugoso

Portuguese, adjective/ʁuˈɡo.zu/

rugoso is spelled R-U-G-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rugoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rugose, wrinkly (having wrinkles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem rugas, engelhado, enrugado”.

What does rugoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    rugose, wrinkly (having wrinkles)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem rugas, engelhado, enrugado

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 rugoso

  • rugosa feminine
  • rugosos masculine plural
  • rugosas feminine plural
  • metaphonic feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce rugoso?

  • Brazil /ʁuˈɡo.zu/
  • Brazil [huˈɡo.zu]
  • /ʁuˈɡo.zu/

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

English words that translate to rugoso

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

How common is rugoso in Portuguese?

rugoso appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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