marafona
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾaˈfõ.nɐ/
marafona is spelled M-A-R-A-F-O-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marafona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rag doll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does marafona mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerag doll
- 2
feminineugly woman
- 3
feminineman dressed in woman’s clothing during Carnival
- 4
feminineprostitute
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of marafona
- marafonas plural
- matrafona alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marafona?
- Brazil /ma.ɾaˈfõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾɐˈfo.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marafona in Portuguese?
marafona appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).