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maraca

  • /məˈɹæ.kə/ Australia, UK, US
  • /məˈɹɑ.kə/ US

Rhymes with -ækə, -ɑːkə

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From Brazilian Portuguese maraca, derived from Old Tupi maraká or Paraguayan Guarani mbaraka (“rattle”).

noun maracas

  1. A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument. Helly, please approach the MDE cart. You may choose one genre and one accessory… the maraca. Excellent choice.
  2. in plural, slang Breasts.

    Similar: assets, babylons, balloons, baps, badonkers, bangers, bazongas, bazookas, bazoombas, bazooms, bewbs, bobas

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noun a Latin American rhythm instrument

Españolmaraca
한국어마라카스 marakaseu
日本語マラカス marakasu
中文沙錘 /沙锤 shāchuí
Portuguêsmaraca, maracá
DeutschMaraca, Rumbakugel
Italianomaraca
Românămaracas
Русскиймара́кас marákas

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"maraca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maraca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{maraca_2026,
  title = {maraca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maraca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}