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vingar

Portuguese, verb/vĩˈɡa(ʁ)/

vingar is spelled V-I-N-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vingar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to avenge; to revenge (to take vengeance for)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomar satisfação de alguém; realizar uma vingança”.

What does vingar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to avenge; to revenge (to take vengeance for)

  2. 2

    to thrive (to grow vigorously or luxuriantly)

  3. 3

    to thrive (to increase in wealth or success)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. tomar satisfação de alguém; realizar uma vingança: 2. ser um sucesso, ir a bom termo:

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 vingar

  • vingo first-person present singular
  • vinguei first-person preterite singular
  • vingado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • vingares infinitive second-person singular
  • vingarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • vingardes infinitive plural second-person
  • vingarem infinitive plural third-person
  • vingando gerund
  • vingados masculine participle past
  • vingada feminine participle past
  • vingadas feminine participle past
  • vingas indicative present second-person
  • vinga indicative present singular
  • vingamos first-person indicative plural
  • vingais indicative plural present
  • vingam indicative plural present
  • vingava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vingar?

  • Brazil /vĩˈɡa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [vĩˈɡa(h)]
  • /vĩˈɡa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vingar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vingar in Portuguese?

vingar appears 7.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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