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murundu

Portuguese, noun/mu.ɾũˈdu/

murundu is spelled M-U-R-U-N-D-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murundu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hillock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno monte”.

What does murundu mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinehillock

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinelarge amount of something, sometimes mixed

  3. 3

    Brazilmasculinetermitarium

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pequeno monte

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 murundu

  • murundus plural
  • murundum alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce murundu?

  • Brazil /mu.ɾũˈdu/
  • Portugal /mu.ɾũˈdu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is murundu in Portuguese?

murundu appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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