maruca
Portuguese, noun/maˈɾu.kɐ/
maruca is spelled M-A-R-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maruca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does maruca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of maruca
- marucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maruca?
- Brazil /maˈɾu.kɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈɾu.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maruca in Portuguese?
maruca appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).