macabeu
Portuguese, noun/ma.kaˈbew/
macabeu is spelled M-A-C-A-B-E-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macabeu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Maccabee (member of an ancient Israelite liberation movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does macabeu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMaccabee (member of an ancient Israelite liberation movement)
adjective
- 1
Maccabean (pertaining to the Maccabees)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of macabeu
- macabeus plural
- macabeia feminine
- macabeias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macabeu?
- Brazil /ma.kaˈbew/
- Brazil [ma.kaˈbeʊ̯]
- Portugal /mɐ.kɐˈbew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macabeu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macabeu in Portuguese?
macabeu appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).