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From Portuguese, derived from Old Tupi maráka[1] or Guaraní mbaraka.
maraca (plural maracas)
- (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.
- (slang, in the plural) breasts
A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument
- ^ “maraca”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
maraca f (plural maraques)
maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)
- “maraca” in Den Danske Ordbog
Borrowed from Old Tupi maráka[1] or Guaraní mbaraka.
- Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ca
maraca f (plural maracas)
- ^ “maraca”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Borrowed from Guaraní mbaracá.
maraca f (plural maracas)
- a maraca, percussion instrument
- (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a whore
- (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a gay
- “maraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014