macarrão
Portuguese, noun/ma.kaˈʁɐ̃w̃/
macarrão is spelled M-A-C-A-R-R-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macarrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “noodles (type of pasta, also in American English sense of dried pasta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer tipo de massa alimentícia seca, independentemente do formato ou tamanho”.
What does macarrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenoodles (type of pasta, also in American English sense of dried pasta)
- 2
masculinea noodle (string of pasta)
- 3
masculinea pool noodle (tube of buoyant foam)
- 4
masculinepasta, namely dry or Italian varieties, with some exceptions such as lasagna.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer tipo de massa alimentícia seca, independentemente do formato ou tamanho 2. massa de farinha para culinária em formato tubular, cortado em tiras, geralmente ocas, de diâmetro e comprimento variáveis
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 macarrão
- macarrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macarrão?
- Brazil /ma.kaˈʁɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ma.kaˈhɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ma.kaˈʁɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macarrão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macarrão in Portuguese?
macarrão appears 6.3 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).