maruim
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɾuˈĩ/
maruim is spelled M-A-R-U-I-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maruim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “biting midge (small insect in the family Ceratopogonidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de mosquitos pequeníssimos (entre os quais o Culicoides paraensis) com uma picada muito dolorida”.
What does maruim mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinebiting midge (small insect in the family Ceratopogonidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de mosquitos pequeníssimos (entre os quais o Culicoides paraensis) com uma picada muito dolorida
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Sergipe
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 maruim
- maruins plural
- maruí alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maruim?
- Brazil /ma.ɾuˈĩ/
- Brazil /maˈɾwĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maruim in Portuguese?
maruim appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).