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marta

Portuguese, noun/ˈmaʁ.tɐ/

marta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “marten (animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero carnívoro (Martes martes)”.

What does marta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemarten (animal)

  2. 2

    femininedrunkenness

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mamífero carnívoro (Martes martes)

noun: 1. prenome feminino 2. nome da irmã de Maria

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 marta

  • martas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce marta?

  • Brazil /ˈmaʁ.tɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈmah.tɐ]
  • /ˈmaɾ.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 marta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is marta in Portuguese?

marta appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).