maioria
Portuguese, noun/maj.oˈɾi.ɐ/
maioria is spelled M-A-I-O-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maioria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “majority (more than half)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a maior parte”.
What does maioria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemajority (more than half)
A maioria dos alunos nem se deu ao trabalho de fazer sua própria pesquisa.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a maior parte 2. o maior número 3. superioridade
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 maioria
- maiorias plural
- mayoria alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maioria?
- Brazil /maj.oˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [maɪ̯.oˈɾi.ɐ]
- Portugal /maj.uˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maioria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maioria in Portuguese?
maioria appears 204 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).