macacada
Portuguese, noun/ma.kaˈka.dɐ/
macacada is spelled M-A-C-A-C-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macacada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a troop of monkeys” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of macacado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bando de macacos; macacalhada, macacaria”.
What does macacada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea troop of monkeys
- 2
colloquialfemininemonkey business; antics; mischief
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of macacado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bando de macacos; macacalhada, macacaria 2. palhaçada, situação ou atitude ridícula ou engraçada 3. pessoal, turma
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 macacada
- macacadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macacada?
- Brazil /ma.kaˈka.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.kɐˈka.dɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ.kɐˈka.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is macacada in Portuguese?
macacada appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).