manacá
Portuguese, noun/ma.naˈka/
manacá is spelled M-A-N-A-C-Á (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manacá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “manaca (Brunfelsia uniflora, syn. Brunfelsia hopeana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de arbusto ornamental da família das solanáceas”.
What does manacá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanaca (Brunfelsia uniflora, syn. Brunfelsia hopeana)
- 2
masculinekiss-me-quick, morning-noon-and-night, yesterday-today-and-tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de arbusto ornamental da família das solanáceas
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 manacá
- manacás plural
- manacã alternative
- managá alternative
- manajá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manacá?
- Brazil /ma.naˈka/
- Portugal /mɐ.nɐˈka/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is manacá in Portuguese?
manacá appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).