muamba
Portuguese, noun/muˈɐ̃.bɐ/
muamba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a basket for commodity transportation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de canastra para transporte”.
What does muamba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea basket for commodity transportation
- 2
femininea stew made with oil palm
- 3
Brazilfeminineillegal trade, smuggling
- 4
Brazilfemininegood obtained illegally
- 5
Brazilfemininespell
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininetheft of commodities in harbours and warehouses
- 2
Brazilfeminineknavery, treachery, cheating (unfair behaviour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de canastra para transporte 2. mochila 3. fraude; velhacaria 4. contrabando
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 muamba
- muambas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muamba?
- Brazil /muˈɐ̃.bɐ/
- Brazil /ˈmwɐ̃.bɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmwɐ̃.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muamba in Portuguese?
muamba appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).