marreta
Portuguese, noun
marreta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sledgehammer (a heavy, long-handled hammer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of marretar. With an accent, marrêta is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande e pesado martelo de cabo longo”.
What does marreta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesledgehammer (a heavy, long-handled hammer)
noun
- 1
PortugalfemininemasculineMuppet (a puppet by Jim Henson)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of marreta
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande e pesado martelo de cabo longo 2. espécie de martelo usado por canteiros que consiste num extremo com o que se bate, de metal ou outros materiais em forma tronco cônica invertida, unido a um cabo
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 marreta
- marretas plural
- marrêta alternative
- marrêtas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marreta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marreta in Portuguese?
marreta 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).