mapuche
Portuguese, noun
mapuche is spelled M-A-P-U-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mapuche is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “one of the Mapuche (indigenous people of Chile and Argentina)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “povo indígena que habita na região centro sul do Chile e sudoeste da Argentina”.
What does mapuche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineone of the Mapuche (indigenous people of Chile and Argentina)
noun
- 1
masculineMapudungun; Mapuche (a language isolate spoken by the Mapuche)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebelonging or relating to the Mapuche people
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pertencente ou relativo ao povo do mesmo nome e à sua cultura, que habita na região centro sul do Chile e sudoeste da Argentina
noun: 1. povo indígena que habita na região centro sul do Chile e sudoeste da Argentina 2. língua e cultura deste povo
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 mapuche
- mapuches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is mapuche in Portuguese?
mapuche 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).