marabá
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾaˈba/
marabá is spelled M-A-R-A-B-Á (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marabá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a person born to a Native American and a white parent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mestiço de branco com índio”.
What does marabá mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinea person born to a Native American and a white parent
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculinea person born to a Frenchman and a Native American
- 3
Brazilderogatoryfemininemasculinea person whose father is unknown
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mestiço de branco com índio
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará
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 marabá
- marabás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marabá?
- Brazil /ma.ɾaˈba/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marabá in Portuguese?
marabá appears 2.4 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).