maraca
Portuguese, noun
maraca is spelled M-A-R-A-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maraca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “maraca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, maracá is a different word: “maraca (a Latin American percussion instrument)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variante ortográfica de maracá”.
What does maraca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaraca
noun
- 1
masculinemaraca (a Latin American percussion instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chocalho indígena usado em festas e danças 2. brinquedo de criança: chocalho 3. instrumento musical
noun: 1. variante ortográfica de maracá
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 maraca
- maracas plural
- maracá alternative
- maracás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to maraca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maraca in Portuguese?
maraca appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).