marafona

Portuguese

A Monsanto marafona

Alternative forms

matrafona

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْأَة هَيْنَة (marʔa hayna, literally “deceiving woman”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈfõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈfo.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐˈfo.nɐ/

Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧fo‧na

Noun

marafona f (plural marafonas)

rag doll
(by extension) ugly woman
man dressed in woman’s clothing during Carnival
prostitute

Further reading

marafona on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“marafona” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“marafona” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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