barafunda
Portuguese, noun/ba.ɾaˈfũ.dɐ/
barafunda is spelled B-A-R-A-F-U-N-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barafunda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ausência de ordem”.
What does barafunda mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ausência de ordem 2. mistura desordenada de pessoas ou coisas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barafunda
- barafundas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barafunda?
- Brazil /ba.ɾaˈfũ.dɐ/
- Portugal /bɐ.ɾɐˈfũ.dɐ/
- Portugal /bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈfũ.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barafunda in Portuguese?
barafunda appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).