mandachuva
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃.daˈʃu.vɐ/
mandachuva is spelled M-A-N-D-A-C-H-U-V-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandachuva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “boss; bigwig; head honcho (head of an organization, the person in charge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa importante”.
What does mandachuva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineboss; bigwig; head honcho (head of an organization, the person in charge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa importante 2. pessoa influente 3. pessoa poderosa 4. chefe
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 mandachuva
- mandachuvas plural
- manda-chuva alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandachuva?
- Brazil /mɐ̃.daˈʃu.vɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃.dɐˈʃu.vɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃.dɐtˈʃu.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mandachuva in Portuguese?
mandachuva appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).