tonganês
Portuguese, noun/tõ.ɡaˈne(j)s/
tonganês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Tongan (person from Tonga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural de Tonga”.
What does tonganês mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Tongan (of or relating to Tonga)
noun
- 1
masculineTongan (person from Tonga)
- 2
masculineTongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de Tonga
noun: 1. natural de Tonga 2. língua malaio-polinésia falada em Tonga
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 tonganês
- tonganesa feminine
- tonganeses masculine plural
- tonganesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonganês?
- Brazil /tõ.ɡaˈne(j)s/
- Brazil [tõ.ɡaˈne(ɪ̯)s]
- /tõ.ɡaˈne(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonganês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonganês in Portuguese?
tonganês appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).