mocambo
Portuguese, noun/moˈkɐ̃.bu/
mocambo is spelled M-O-C-A-M-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mocambo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “refuge for fleeing slaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esconderijo no mato para onde os escravos fugiam”.
What does mocambo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinerefuge for fleeing slaves
- 2
Brazilmasculineshanty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. esconderijo no mato para onde os escravos fugiam 2. moradia construída artesanalmente, muitas vezes de frágil constituição
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 mocambo
- mocambos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mocambo?
- Brazil /moˈkɐ̃.bu/
- Portugal /muˈkɐ̃.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mocambo in Portuguese?
mocambo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).