madraça
Portuguese, noun/maˈdɾa.sɐ/
madraça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “madrasa (a school that teaches Islamic theology)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estabelecimento islâmico de ensino”.
What does madraça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemadrasa (a school that teaches Islamic theology)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estabelecimento islâmico de ensino
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 madraça
- madraças plural
- madraçal alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce madraça?
- Brazil /maˈdɾa.sɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈdɾa.sɐ/
- Portugal [mɐˈðɾa.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to madraça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is madraça in Portuguese?
madraça appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).