marimba
Portuguese, noun/maˈɾĩ.bɐ/
marimba is spelled M-A-R-I-M-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marimba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de tambor tocado pelo povo cafre”.
What does marimba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de tambor tocado pelo povo cafre 2. instrumento de percussão constituído por placas de madeira formando um teclado, percutidas por baquetas, tendo cabaças como ressoadores; marimbau 3. o mesmo que berimbau (instrumento idiofone) 4. piano de má qualidade
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 marimba
- marimbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marimba?
- Brazil /maˈɾĩ.bɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈɾĩ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marimba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marimba in Portuguese?
marimba 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).