gendarmaria
Portuguese, noun/ʒẽ.daʁ.maˈɾi.ɐ/
gendarmaria is spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M-A-R-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gendarmaria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of gendarmeria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tropa encarregada de manter a segurança e a tranquilidade públicas”.
What does gendarmaria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of gendarmeria
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tropa encarregada de manter a segurança e a tranquilidade públicas
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 gendarmaria
- gendarmarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gendarmaria?
- Brazil /ʒẽ.daʁ.maˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [ʒẽ.daɦ.maˈɾi.ɐ]
- /ʒẽ.daɾ.maˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gendarmaria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gendarmaria in Portuguese?
gendarmaria appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).