marulho
Portuguese, noun/maˈɾu.ʎu/
marulho is spelled M-A-R-U-L-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marulho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “agitated sea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mar com ondas agitadas”.
What does marulho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagitated sea
- 2
masculinewash (sound of breaking of the seas)
- 3
masculinetumult, uproar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mar com ondas agitadas 2. som do mar embravecido 3. vaivém ou fluxo das ondas, constante movimento do mar 4. barulho, ruído
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 marulho
- marulhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marulho?
- Brazil /maˈɾu.ʎu/
- Portugal /mɐˈɾu.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marulho in Portuguese?
marulho appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).