macaense
Portuguese, noun/ma.kaˈẽ.si/
macaense is spelled M-A-C-A-E-N-S-E (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). Macaense is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Macanese (person from Macau)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural de Macau”.
What does macaense mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineMacanese (person from Macau)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineMacanese (of or relating to Macau)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de Macau
noun: 1. natural de Macau 2. língua falada em Macau, seu código ISO 639-3 é mzs
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente a Mação
noun: 1. natural de Mação ou seu habitante
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 macaense
- macaenses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macaense?
- Brazil /ma.kaˈẽ.si/
- Portugal /mɐ.kɐˈẽ.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macaense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macaense in Portuguese?
macaense 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).