tonga
Portuguese, noun/ˈtõ.ɡɐ/
tonga is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Tongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of tongo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua da Polinésia falada nas ilhas Tonga”.
What does tonga mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineTongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)
noun
- 1
feminineland for farming
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of tongo
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of tongo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país arquipélago na Polinésia, próximo à Austrália
noun: 1. língua da Polinésia falada nas ilhas Tonga 2. o mesmo que tonganês 3. tribo indígena de Moçambique 4. língua indígenade Moçambique falada na região de Inhambane
noun: 1. planta comestível 2. zona demarcada nas fazendas para desbravar
noun: 1. filho de nativos e de indígenas vindos de outras partes 2. criança branca filha de europeus nascida em São Tomé
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 tonga
- tongas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonga?
- Brazil /ˈtõ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtõ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonga in Portuguese?
tonga appears 1.4 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).