moçárabe
Portuguese, noun/moˈsa.ɾa.bi/
moçárabe is spelled M-O-Ç-Á-R-A-B-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moçárabe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Mozarab (Christian in Moorish Iberia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cristão que vivia na Península Ibérica durante o domínio islâmico da região”.
What does moçárabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineMozarab (Christian in Moorish Iberia)
- 2
femininemasculineMozarabic (extinct Romance language once spoken in Moorish Iberia)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineMozarabic (relating to the Mozarabs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relacionado aos moçárabes
noun: 1. cristão que vivia na Península Ibérica durante o domínio islâmico da região 2. conjunto de dialetos românicos falados por essa comunidade (código de língua ISO 639-3: mxi)
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 moçárabe
- moçárabes plural
- mo.çá.ra.be canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moçárabe?
- Brazil /moˈsa.ɾa.bi/
- Portugal /muˈsa.ɾɐ.bɨ/
- Portugal [muˈsa.ɾɐ.βɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moçárabe in Portuguese?
moçárabe appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).