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marujo

Portuguese, noun/maˈɾu.ʒu/

marujo is spelled M-A-R-U-J-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marujo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sailor; seaman (member of a ship’s crew)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “marinheiro”.

What does marujo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesailor; seaman (member of a ship’s crew)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. marinheiro 2. ferramenta de calafate 3. dança cultural celebrada pelos escravos no dia 26 de dezembro em comemoração ao dia de São Benedito na cidade de Bragança, no estado do Pará

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 marujo

  • marujos plural
  • maruja feminine
  • marujas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce marujo?

  • Brazil /maˈɾu.ʒu/
  • Portugal /mɐˈɾu.ʒu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to marujo

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

How common is marujo in Portuguese?

marujo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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