tongo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtõ.ɡu/
tongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a foolish person; a dunce; an idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo tolo”.
What does tongo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalstupid, idiotic
- 2
informalnaïve, gullible
noun
- 1
informalmasculinea foolish person; a dunce; an idiot
- 2
informalmasculinea naïve or gullible person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tolo
noun: 1. indivíduo tolo
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 tongo
- tonga feminine
- tongos masculine plural
- tongas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tongo?
- Brazil /ˈtõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈtõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tongo in Portuguese?
tongo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).