ungir
/ũ.ˈʒiɾ/
The verdict
“ungir” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr azeite ou óleo no corpo
Corpus desk
Index PT-ungir · ungir · Portuguese
ungir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ũ.ˈʒiɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ungir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ungir is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ũ.ˈʒiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pôr azeite ou óleo no corpo".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ungir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ungir, spelled U-N-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1pôr azeite ou óleo no corpo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ungir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O papa Francisco falou sobre a missão do sacerdote, na homilia da Missa do Crisma (consagração dos óleos usados para ungir os enfermos, nos batizados e nas crismas), na manhã desta quinta-feira, na Basilica de São Pedro.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.