mara
Portuguese, noun
mara is spelled M-A-R-A (4 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mara (Central American street gang)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of marar. With an accent, mará is a different word: “mara (any of several species of Patagonian rodents of the genus…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “roedor que habita as estepes da Patagônia, na Argentina (Dolichotis patagonum)”.
What does mara mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilslangclipping of maravilhoso
noun
- 1
femininemara (Central American street gang)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinemara (any of several species of Patagonian rodents of the genus Dolichotis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. roedor que habita as estepes da Patagônia, na Argentina (Dolichotis patagonum)
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo marar
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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 mara
- maras plural
- marás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mara
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mara in Portuguese?
mara appears 6.9 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).