marga
Portuguese, noun/ˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/
marga is spelled M-A-R-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “marl (lime-rich mud)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mistura de argilas, carbonatos de cálcio e magnésio, e restos de conchas que por vezes é encontrado em…”.
What does marga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarl (lime-rich mud)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mistura de argilas, carbonatos de cálcio e magnésio, e restos de conchas que por vezes é encontrado em desertos e é usado em olaria e como fertilizante
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 marga
- margas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marga?
- Brazil /ˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈmaɦ.ɡɐ]
- /ˈmaɾ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marga in Portuguese?
marga appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).