mafra
Portuguese, noun/ˈma.fɾɐ/
mafra is spelled M-A-F-R-A (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mafra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mob (unruly group of people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arraia-miúda, pessoa de baixa condição econômica”.
What does mafra mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininemob (unruly group of people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina 2. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Lisboa
noun: 1. arraia-miúda, pessoa de baixa condição econômica
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 mafra
- mafras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mafra?
- Brazil /ˈma.fɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈma.fɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mafra in Portuguese?
mafra 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).