maraca

 

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

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

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ækə

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

• maracaist

• Camara

Borrowed from Spanish maraca.

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

maraca f (plural maraques)

1. maraca

maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)

1. maraca

• “maraca” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Old Tupi maráka^[1] or Guaraní mbaraka.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ca

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. maraca, percussion instrument

Borrowed from Guaraní mbaracá.

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

maraca f (plural maracas)

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

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

• cámara