machamba
Portuguese, noun/maˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/
machamba is spelled M-A-C-H-A-M-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machamba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shamba (plot of cultivated land)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does machamba mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshamba (plot of cultivated land)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of machamba
- machambas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machamba?
- Brazil /maˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/
- Portugal /mɐtˈʃɐ̃.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machamba in Portuguese?
machamba appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).