maracutaia
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾa.kuˈtaj.ɐ/
maracutaia is spelled M-A-R-A-C-U-T-A-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maracutaia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “guile; rule; deceit; fraud; shenanigans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fraude, falcatrua, negócio ilícito”.
What does maracutaia mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineguile; rule; deceit; fraud; shenanigans
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fraude, falcatrua, negócio ilícito
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 maracutaia
- maracutaias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maracutaia?
- Brazil /ma.ɾa.kuˈtaj.ɐ/
- Brazil [ma.ɾa.kuˈtaɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾɐ.kuˈtaj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maracutaia in Portuguese?
maracutaia appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).