tritongo
Portuguese, noun/tɾiˈtõ.ɡu/
tritongo is spelled T-R-I-T-O-N-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tritongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “triphthong (sequence of a semivowel, a vowel and another semivowel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sequência no interior de uma sílaba formada por uma semivogal, uma vogal e outra semivogal, em que a vogal…”.
What does tritongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetriphthong (sequence of a semivowel, a vowel and another semivowel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sequência no interior de uma sílaba formada por uma semivogal, uma vogal e outra semivogal, em que a vogal constitui o núcleo da sílaba
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 tritongo
- tritongos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tritongo?
- Brazil /tɾiˈtõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /tɾiˈtõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tritongo in Portuguese?
tritongo appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).