marabu
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾaˈbu/
marabu is spelled M-A-R-A-B-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marabu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “marabou (Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird of Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does marabu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarabou (Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird of Africa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of marabu
- marabus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marabu?
- Brazil /ma.ɾaˈbu/
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾɐˈbu/
- Portugal [mɐ.ɾɐˈβu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marabu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marabu in Portuguese?
marabu appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).