zangar
Portuguese, verb/zɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/
zangar is spelled Z-A-N-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zangar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to anger (to become or cause someone to become angry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar zanga a”.
What does zangar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to anger (to become or cause someone to become angry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar zanga a 2. irritar 3. transpor de um pulo, saltar 4. irritar-se
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 zangar
- zango first-person present singular
- zanguei first-person preterite singular
- zangado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- zangares infinitive second-person singular
- zangarmos first-person infinitive plural
- zangardes infinitive plural second-person
- zangarem infinitive plural third-person
- zangando gerund
- zangados masculine participle past
- zangada feminine participle past
- zangadas feminine participle past
- zangas indicative present second-person
- zanga indicative present singular
- zangamos first-person indicative plural
- zangais indicative plural present
- zangam indicative plural present
- zangava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zangar?
- Brazil /zɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [zɐ̃ˈɡa(h)]
- /zɐ̃ˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zangar in Portuguese?
zangar 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).