trengo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾẽ.ɡu/
trengo is spelled T-R-E-N-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trengo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clumsy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does trengo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Portugalcolloquialclumsy
noun
- 1
Portugalcolloquialmasculineclumsy person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é pouco inteligente, sem iniciativa 2. inoportuno
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 trengo
- trenga feminine
- trengos masculine plural
- trengas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trengo?
- Brazil /ˈtɾẽ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈtɾẽ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trengo in Portuguese?
trengo appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).