maçarico
Portuguese, noun/ma.saˈɾi.ku/
maçarico is spelled M-A-Ç-A-R-I-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maçarico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “torch, blowtorch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of maçaricar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “canudo retorcido, por onde sai a chama, que há de soldar ou derreter um metal”.
What does maçarico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorch, blowtorch
- 2
masculineburner
- 3
masculinesandpiper (any bird of the family Scolopacidae)
- 4
masculineibis (any bird of the subfamily Threskiornithinae)
- 5
colloquialmasculineany water bird with long, slender legs
- 6
Portugalmasculineleveret with a white spot on the forehead
- 7
Portugalinformalmasculinenovice
- 8
Portugalmasculineslangrecruit
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of maçaricar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. canudo retorcido, por onde sai a chama, que há de soldar ou derreter um metal 2. ave aquática pernalta 3. lebracho com malha branca na testa
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 maçarico
- maçaricos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maçarico?
- Brazil /ma.saˈɾi.ku/
- Portugal /mɐ.sɐˈɾi.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maçarico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maçarico in Portuguese?
maçarico appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).