mamba
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɐ̃.bɐ/
mamba is spelled M-A-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mamba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de cobra”.
What does mamba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de cobra
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 mamba
- mambas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mamba?
- Brazil /ˈmɐ̃.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmɐ̃.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mamba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mamba in Portuguese?
mamba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).