mafioso
Portuguese, noun/ma.fiˈo.zu/
mafioso is spelled M-A-F-I-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mafioso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Mafioso; mobster (a member of the mafia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa mafiosa”.
What does mafioso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMafioso; mobster (a member of the mafia)
adjective
- 1
mafia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a máfia 2. que participa duma máfia
noun: 1. pessoa mafiosa 2. indivíduo hábil e sem escrúpulos
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 mafioso
- mafiosos plural
- mafiosa feminine
- mafiosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mafioso?
- Brazil /ma.fiˈo.zu/
- Brazil /maˈfjo.zu/
- Portugal /mɐˈfjo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mafioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mafioso in Portuguese?
mafioso appears 1.9 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).