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marica

Portuguese, noun/maˈɾi.kɐ/

marica is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of maricas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que maricas”.

What does marica mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinealternative form of maricas

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of maricas

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio de Janeiro

noun: 1. o mesmo que maricas

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 marica

  • maricas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce marica?

  • Brazil /maˈɾi.kɐ/
  • Portugal /mɐˈɾi.kɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is marica in Portuguese?

marica appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).