marabá

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Tupi maraba (“bastard”)[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾaˈba/

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ba

Noun

marabá m or f (plural marabás)

  1. (Brazil) a person born to a Native American and a white parent
    Synonym: mameluco
    Hypernym: mestiço
  2. (Brazil) a person born to a Frenchman and a Native American
  3. (Brazil, North Brazil, derogatory) a person whose father is unknown

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

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