maraco
Spanish, noun/maˈɾako/
maraco is spelled M-A-R-A-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maraco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a gay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En una familia, el hijo menor”.
What does maraco mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea gay
- 2
masculinethe youngest son in the family
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En una familia, el hijo menor.
noun: 1. Homosexual.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maraco
- maracos plural
- maraca feminine
- maracas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maraco?
- /maˈɾako/
- [maˈɾa.ko]
- [maˈɾako]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maraco in Spanish?
maraco appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).