virago
Portuguese, noun/viˈɾa.ɡu/
virago is spelled V-I-R-A-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virago is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a manly woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher de modos "grosseiros" e varonis”.
What does virago mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininea manly woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher de modos "grosseiros" e varonis
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 virago
- viragos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virago?
- Brazil /viˈɾa.ɡu/
- Portugal /viˈɾa.ɡu/
- Portugal [viˈɾa.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to virago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is virago in Portuguese?
virago appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).