muquirana
Portuguese, noun/mu.kiˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/
muquirana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cheapskate; miser (someone who avoids spending money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mão-de-vaca”.
What does muquirana mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineslangcheapskate; miser (someone who avoids spending money)
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineslangmiserly (who avoids spending money)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mão-de-vaca.
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 muquirana
- muquiranas plural
- muquirano masculine
- muquiranos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muquirana?
- Brazil /mu.kiˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /mu.kiˈɾɐ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muquirana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muquirana in Portuguese?
muquirana appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).