marabunta
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾaˈbũ.tɐ/
marabunta is spelled M-A-R-A-B-U-N-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese, the 262,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marabunta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “army ant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does marabunta mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininearmy ant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of marabunta
- marabuntas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marabunta?
- Brazil /ma.ɾaˈbũ.tɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾɐˈbũ.tɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ.ɾɐˈβũ.tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marabunta in Portuguese?
marabunta appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).