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água-má

Portuguese, noun/ˌa.ɡwɐˈma/

água-má is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jellyfish (free-swimming, umbrella-shaped cnidarian)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does água-má mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininejellyfish (free-swimming, umbrella-shaped cnidarian)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of água-má

  • águas-más plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce água-má?

  • Brazil /ˌa.ɡwɐˈma/
  • Portugal /ˌa.ɡwɐˈma/
  • Portugal [ˌa.ɣwɐˈma]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.