marachão
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾaˈʃɐ̃w̃/
marachão is spelled M-A-R-A-C-H-Ã-O (8 letters). Marachão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dyke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does marachão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedyke
- 2
masculinesandbank (strip of sand submerged in the sea or in a river, often emerging at low tide)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of marachão
- marachões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marachão?
- Brazil /ma.ɾaˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ma.ɾaˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾɐˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.