malê
Portuguese, noun/maˈle/
malê is spelled M-A-L-Ê (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Muslim Afro-Brazilian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “negros muçulmanos”.
What does malê mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineMuslim Afro-Brazilian
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. negros muçulmanos
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 malê
- malês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malê?
- Brazil /maˈle/
- Portugal /mɐˈle/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malê in Portuguese?
malê appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).