sagu
Portuguese, noun/saˈɡu/
sagu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms and other plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Substância amilácea que se extrai da parte central dos sagueiros”.
What does sagu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms and other plants)
- 2
masculinesago (any species of plant from which sago is extracted)
- 3
masculinesago pudding (a dessert made by boiling small grains of sago)
- 4
Brazilmasculinetapioca pearl
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substância amilácea que se extrai da parte central dos sagueiros 2. produto amiláceo derivado da raiz de mandioca, também conhecido como tapioca pérola ou sagu artificial; é resultado do cozimento da farinha onde a tapioca forma pequenas bolas que ao esfriarem ficam duras e opacas, tendo uso na alimentação como na preparação de cuscuz
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 sagu
- sagus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sagu?
- Brazil /saˈɡu/
- Portugal /saˈɡu/
- Portugal [saˈɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sagu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sagu in Portuguese?
sagu appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).