trasgo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾaz.ɡu/
trasgo is spelled T-R-A-S-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trasgo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain (viz. Iberia proper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feiticeiro; bruxo”.
What does trasgo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain (viz. Iberia proper)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feiticeiro; bruxo 2. aparição fantástica; diabrete; duende 3. pessoa traquinas
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 trasgo
- trasgos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trasgo?
- Brazil /ˈtɾaz.ɡu/
- /ˈtɾaʒ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈtɾaʒ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trasgo in Portuguese?
trasgo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).