madama
Portuguese, noun/maˈdɐ̃.mɐ/
madama is spelled M-A-D-A-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Madama is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of madame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esposa”.
What does madama mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of madame
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. esposa 2. senhora
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 madama
- madamas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce madama?
- Brazil /maˈdɐ̃.mɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈdɐ.mɐ/
- Portugal [mɐˈðɐ.mɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to madama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is madama in Portuguese?
madama appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).