"chunga" meaning in Portuguese

See chunga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈʃũ.ɡa/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Portugal], /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Portugal], /ˈt͡ʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: chungas [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-adj}} chunga m or f (plural chungas)
  1. (Portugal, colloquial) crappy, dodgy, cheap (of bad quality, or in a bad condition) Tags: Portugal, colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-chunga-pt-adj-l66EItYp Categories (other): European Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 50 1 48 Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 38 22 41 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 45 2 53
  2. (Porto, colloquial) bothersome Tags: colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-chunga-pt-adj-oGldRkDR Categories (other): Porto Portuguese, Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 38 22 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chunguice

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈʃũ.ɡa/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Portugal], /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Portugal], /ˈt͡ʃũ.ɡɐ/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: chungas [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|mfbysense}} chunga m or f by sense (plural chungas)
  1. (Portugal, Lisbon) a street thug Tags: Portugal, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: guna (english: Porto), mano [Brazil], mitra
    Sense id: en-chunga-pt-noun-PcgCCB7q Categories (other): European Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 50 1 48 Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 38 22 41 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 45 2 53

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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