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swing

Portuguese, noun/suˈĩ.ɡi/

swing is spelled S-W-I-N-G (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Swing is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “swing (a dance and music style)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver suingue”.

What does swing mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineswing (a dance and music style)

  2. 2

    masculineswinging (exchange of partners for sex)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ver suingue

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 swing

  • swings plural
  • suingue alternative

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

How do you pronounce swing?

  • Brazil /suˈĩ.ɡi/
  • Brazil /ˈswĩ.ɡi/
  • Portugal /ˈswĩɡ/

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

English words that translate to swing

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

How common is swing in Portuguese?

swing appears 3.2 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).

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