unguento
Portuguese, noun
unguento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “unguent (a cream containing medicine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, ungüento is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, ungùento is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of unguento”.
What does unguento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunguent (a cream containing medicine)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of unguento; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of unguento
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of unguento
- unguentos plural
- inguento alternative
- ungüento alternative
- ingüento alternative
- ungùento alternative
- ingùento alternative
- ungüentos plural
- ungùentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to unguento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unguento in Portuguese?
unguento appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).