matraca
Portuguese, noun/maˈtɾa.kɐ/
matraca is spelled M-A-T-R-A-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matraca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ratchet, wooden rattle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de madeira formado de tábuas com argolas móveis que se agitam para fazer barulho”.
What does matraca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineratchet, wooden rattle
- 2
feminineinformalchatterbox (one who chats or talks to excess)
- 3
feminineinformalmouth
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de madeira formado de tábuas com argolas móveis que se agitam para fazer barulho 2. pessoa que fala muito
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 matraca
- matracas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matraca?
- Brazil /maˈtɾa.kɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈtɾa.kɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.ˈtɾa.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matraca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matraca in Portuguese?
matraca appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).