Polyglot Dictionary

linguiça

/lĩˈɡwisɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as linguiças

Meaning

  1. sausage

    • Grelhei linguiça.

      I grilled sausage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

salsicha

linguiça specifically means a Brazilian or Portuguese cured sausage, like chorizo; salsicha is more general, like a hot dog sausage.

Similar in other languages

German

Wurst

Wurst is the German word for the same thing — both mean "sausage."

Spanish

longaniza

longaniza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sausage."

Spanish

salchicha

salchicha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sausage."

Practice

1 What does linguiça mean?

2 Fill the gap: Grelhei ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches linguiça?

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