macau
Portuguese, noun/maˈkaw/
macau is spelled M-A-C-A-U (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “macaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome de uma raça de porcos”.
What does macau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemacaw
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. região administrativa especial da China, administrada por Portugal até 1999, onde o português é uma das línguas oficiais 2. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Norte
noun: 1. nome de uma raça de porcos
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 macau
- macaus plural
- macao alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macau?
- Brazil /maˈkaw/
- Brazil [maˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /mɐˈkaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is macau in Portuguese?
macau appears 10 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).