zanga
Portuguese, noun/ˈzɐ̃.ɡɐ/
zanga is spelled Z-A-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zanga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anger, hatred, dislike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of zangar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “irritação, raiva”.
What does zanga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanger, hatred, dislike
- 2
femininequarrel
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. irritação, raiva
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 zanga
- zangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zanga?
- Brazil /ˈzɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈzɐ̃.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zanga in Portuguese?
zanga appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).