jangada

J8A1N1G2A1D2A1
/ʒəŋˈɡɑdə//d͡ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/

noun

A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.

OriginPortuguese jangada →
Scrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounjangada (plural jangadas)

plural jangadas

  1. A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.

    We went out into the bay on Paulo's jangada and I dived into the clear water and struck off some distance, then floated and looked back at the handsome boat.

    2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 143

Origin

  1. Portuguesejangada
  2. Englishjangada

From Portuguese jangada.

More words from Portuguese

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

jangada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jangada

MLA

“jangada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jangada. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jangada,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jangada.

Source: jangada on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.