maraca

See also: Maraca

English

Etymology

From Portuguese, derived from Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /məˈɹæ.kə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɑ.kə/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ækə

Noun

maraca (plural maracas)

1. (music) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
2. (slang, in the plural) breasts

Derived terms

• maracaist

Translations

A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument

• Catalan: maraca (ca) f
• Finnish: marakassi (fi)
• Galician: maraca (gl) f
• Haitian Creole: tchatcha
• Irish: maraca m
• Italian: maraca f
• Portuguese: maraca (pt) f
• Russian: маракас (ru) (marakas)
• Spanish: maraca (es) f
• Swedish: maracas (sv) c pl

Anagrams

• Camara

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maraca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈɾa.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [maˈɾa.ka]

Noun

maraca f (plural maraques)

1. maraca

Danish

Noun

maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)

1. maraca

Declension

Declension of maraca

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maraca	maracaen	maracaer	maracaerne
genitive	maracas	maracaens	maracaers	maracaernes

References

• “maraca” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾa.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾa.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾa.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾa.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. maraca, percussion instrument

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní mbaracá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾaka/ [maˈɾa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧ra‧ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. a maraca, percussion instrument
2. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a whore
3. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a gay

Related terms

• maraco

 

Further reading

• “maraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• cámara