garatuja
Portuguese, noun/ɡa.ɾaˈtu.ʒɐ/
garatuja is spelled G-A-R-A-T-U-J-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garatuja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “doodle (small mindless sketch, poorly done illustration)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “careta”.
What does garatuja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoodle (small mindless sketch, poorly done illustration)
- 2
femininescrawl; scribble (irregular handwriting)
- 3
femininegrimace (contorted facial expression)
- 4
femininenonsense
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. careta 2. desenho mal feito 3. rabisco
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 garatuja
- garatujas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garatuja?
- Brazil /ɡa.ɾaˈtu.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐ.ɾɐˈtu.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garatuja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garatuja in Portuguese?
garatuja appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).