carma
Portuguese, noun/ˈkaʁ.mɐ/
carma is spelled C-A-R-M-A (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “karma (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segundo o hinduísmo e o budismo, a lei de causa e efeito, na qual todas as ações, boas ou más, de uma pessoa…”.
What does carma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekarma (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence)
- 2
masculinekarma (a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. segundo o hinduísmo e o budismo, a lei de causa e efeito, na qual todas as ações, boas ou más, de uma pessoa geram reações correspondentes nesta vida ou em encarnações futuras 2. algo ruim que, muitas vezes, não pode ser evitado
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 carma
- carmas plural
- karma alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carma?
- Brazil /ˈkaʁ.mɐ/
- Brazil [ˈkaɦ.mɐ]
- /ˈkaɾ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carma in Portuguese?
carma appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).