seringa
Portuguese, noun/seˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
seringa is spelled S-E-R-I-N-G-A (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seringa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “syringe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “objeto dotado de um compartimento vazio e uma agulha, utilizado para inserir substâncias na epiderme humana”.
What does seringa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyringe
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinebore (boring person)
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineany of several flowering plant species in the genus Hevea (rubber trees)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. objeto dotado de um compartimento vazio e uma agulha, utilizado para inserir substâncias na epiderme humana 2. unidade produtiva de borracha, parte do setor primário da economia borracheira
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 seringa
- seringas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seringa?
- Brazil /seˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /sɨˈɾĩ.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 seringa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seringa in Portuguese?
seringa appears 1.2 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).