múmia
Portuguese, noun/ˈmũ.mjɐ/
múmia is spelled M-Ú-M-I-A (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Múmia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mummy (embalmed cadaver)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cadáver humano conservado através de técnicas de embalsamento”.
What does múmia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemummy (embalmed cadaver)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cadáver humano conservado através de técnicas de embalsamento 2. cadáver que se desseca naturalmente, sem entrar em putrefação 3. pessoa muito magra 4. pessoa inerte, sem vida
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 múmia
- múmias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce múmia?
- Brazil /ˈmũ.mjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmu.mjɐ/
- /ˈmu.mjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to múmia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is múmia in Portuguese?
múmia appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).