tanga
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɐ̃.ɡɐ/
tanga is spelled T-A-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “loincloth (garment that covers the crotch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tangar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pano utilizado para cobrir o corpo desde o ventre às coxas”.
What does tanga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineloincloth (garment that covers the crotch)
- 2
femininevery small bikini
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. pano utilizado para cobrir o corpo desde o ventre às coxas 2. peça inferior de biquíni, de reduzidas dimensões, formada por dois triângulos de tecido, presos por uma estreita tira 3. franja que guarnece a rede de baloiço 4. moeda asiática
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 tanga
- tangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tanga?
- Brazil /ˈtɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ̃.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 tanga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tanga in Portuguese?
tanga 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).