maritaca
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾiˈta.kɐ/
maritaca is spelled M-A-R-I-T-A-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maritaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “any bird in the genus Pionus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que maitaca ("designação comum")”.
What does maritaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineany bird in the genus Pionus
- 2
Brazilcolloquialfemininechatterbox; blabbermouth (someone who chats in excess)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que maitaca ("designação comum") 2. o mesmo que periquitão-maracanã (Aratinga leucophthalmus) 3. o mesmo que maitaca ("tagarela")
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 maritaca
- maritacas plural
- maitaca alternative
- baitaca alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maritaca?
- Brazil /ma.ɾiˈta.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maritaca in Portuguese?
maritaca appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).