marra
Portuguese, noun
marra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “boldness; courage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of marrar. With a tilde, marrã is a different word: “female equivalent of marrão”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento da lavoura agrícola, sacho que serve para mondar”.
What does marra mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboldness; courage
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of marrão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento da lavoura agrícola, sacho que serve para mondar 2. valeta 3. maço grande de ferro 4. marco de pedra
adjective: 1. do porco
noun: 1. porca 2. pessoa teimosa, obstinada 3. pessoa estudiosa 4. toucinho fresco
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 marra
- marras plural
- marrãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marra in Portuguese?
marra 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).