marmanjo
Portuguese, noun/maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
marmanjo is spelled M-A-R-M-A-N-J-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marmanjo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “burly boy; made man; big boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem adulto; homem feito”.
What does marmanjo mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineburly boy; made man; big boy
- 2
informalmasculinescoundrel; treater; rogue
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem adulto; homem feito 2. moço corpulento
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 marmanjo
- marmanjos plural
- marmanjão augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marmanjo?
- Brazil /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
- Brazil [maɦˈmɐ̃.ʒu]
- /maɾˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marmanjo in Portuguese?
marmanjo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).