macaca
Portuguese, noun/maˈka.kɐ/
macaca is spelled M-A-C-A-C-A (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “misfortune, bad luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of macaco. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo infantil sobre uma figura geométrica riscada no chão, com quadrinhos sobre os que se avança tirando uma…”.
What does macaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of macaco
- 2
femininemisfortune, bad luck
- 3
Portugalfemininehopscotch
- 4
femininean ugly woman
- 5
feminineflu
- 6
femininestockwhip
- 7
feminineheifer
- 8
feminineclipping of macaca de auditório
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo infantil sobre uma figura geométrica riscada no chão, com quadrinhos sobre os que se avança tirando uma pedra 2. tipo de primata do gênero Macaca 3. mau humor 4. chicote, chibata
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 macaca
- macacas plural
- macaco masculine
- macacos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macaca?
- Brazil /maˈka.kɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈka.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macaca in Portuguese?
macaca appears 1.3 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).