marmota
Portuguese, noun/maʁˈmɔ.tɐ/
marmota is spelled M-A-R-M-O-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marmota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “marmot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero (Marmota) de roedores da família dos Ciurídeos”.
What does marmota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarmot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de quem tem baixa estatura
noun: 1. gênero (Marmota) de roedores da família dos Ciurídeos 2. roedor desse gênero (Marmota marmota), de corpo robusto e pernas pequenas, olhos muito pequenos, pelos ásperos e cauda pequena; habita tocas e faz a hibernação durante o inverno 3. pequeno cofre 4. espantalho
noun: 1. variedade de castanha
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 marmota
- marmotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marmota?
- Brazil /maʁˈmɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil [maɦˈmɔ.tɐ]
- Portugal /mɐɾ.ˈmɔ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marmota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marmota in Portuguese?
marmota appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).