maluco
Portuguese, noun/maˈlu.ku/
maluco is spelled M-A-L-U-C-O (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maluco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guy; dude (male person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doido; indivíduo louco, excêntrico”.
What does maluco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crazy, mad
O Tom ficou maluco?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineslangguy; dude (male person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente a pessoa que diz ou que faz loucuras 2. diz-se de pessoa de caráter simplório
noun: 1. doido; indivíduo louco, excêntrico 2. pessoa
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 maluco
- maluca feminine
- malucos masculine plural
- malucas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maluco?
- Brazil /maˈlu.ku/
- Portugal /mɐˈlu.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maluco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maluco in Portuguese?
maluco appears 21 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).