marimbondo
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾĩˈbõ.du/
marimbondo is spelled M-A-R-I-M-B-O-N-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marimbondo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de vespão”.
What does marimbondo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewasp
- 2
masculinecommon designation for hymenopteran insects, especially from the family of vespids and pompilids
- 3
masculinea dance from the Brazilian state of Goiás
- 4
derogatorymasculineslangcorrupt politician of the MPLA
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de vespão 2. nome comum a certas vespas 3. designação comum e imprecisa aos insetos himenópteros, especialmente da família dos vespídeos e pompilídeos, sociais ou solitários, geralmente maiores e dotados de ferrão, distinguindo-se das vespas por manterem as asas anteriores longitudinalmente dobradas quando estão pousados 4. dança típica brasileira na qual um figurante dança com um pote de água
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 marimbondo
- marimbondos plural
- maribondo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marimbondo?
- Brazil /ma.ɾĩˈbõ.du/
- Portugal /mɐ.ɾĩˈbõ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marimbondo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marimbondo in Portuguese?
marimbondo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).