marreco
Portuguese, noun/maˈʁɛ.ku/
marreco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “drake (male duck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da família dos Anatídeos”.
What does marreco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialhumpbacked
noun
- 1
masculinedrake (male duck)
- 2
masculinegarganey
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. corcunda 2. astuto
noun: 1. ave da família dos Anatídeos
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 marreco
- marreca feminine
- marrecos masculine plural
- marrecas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marreco?
- Brazil /maˈʁɛ.ku/
- Brazil [maˈhɛ.ku]
- /maˈʁɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marreco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marreco in Portuguese?
marreco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).