maraca

ma·ra·ca
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Australia, UK, US/məˈɹæ.kə/US/məˈɹɑ.kə/

noun

A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.

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OriginBrazilian Portuguese maraca ← Old Tupi maraká ← Paraguayan Guarani mbaraka →
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Meanings

nounmaraca (plural maracas)

plural maracas

  1. entertainmentA 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.

    2022 March 25, Helen Leigh, “Defiant Jazz”, in Severance, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman)
  2. in pluralslangBreasts.

    Synonyms: assets, babylons, balloons, baps, badonkers, bangers, bazongas, bazookas

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBreasts.

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Also see
shak-shak

Origin

  1. Paraguayan Guaranimbaraka“rattle”
  2. Old Tupimaraká
  3. Brazilian Portuguesemaraca
  4. Englishmaraca

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

More words from Brazilian Portuguese, Old Tupi, Paraguayan Guarani

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Translations

Catalan maraca
  • maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
Chinese Mandarin 沙錘 /沙锤
  • 沙錘 /沙锤 (shāchuí)a Latin American rhythm instrument
Czech rumba koule
  • rumba koulea Latin American rhythm instrument
Danish maraca
  • maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
Dutch maraka, sambabal
  • marakaa Latin American rhythm instrument
  • sambabala Latin American rhythm instrument
Esperanto marako
  • marakoa Latin American rhythm instrument
Finnish marakassi
  • marakassia Latin American rhythm instrument
German Maraca, Rumbakugel
  • Maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
  • Rumbakugela Latin American rhythm instrument
Irish maraca
  • maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
Italian maraca
  • maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
Japanese マラカス
  • マラカス (marakasu)a Latin American rhythm instrument
Korean 마라카스
  • 마라카스 (marakaseu)a Latin American rhythm instrument
Portuguese maraca, maracá
  • maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
  • maracáa Latin American rhythm instrument
Romanian maracas
  • maracasa Latin American rhythm instrument
Russian мара́кас
  • мара́кас (marákas)a Latin American rhythm instrument
Spanish maraca
  • maracaa Latin American rhythm instrument
Swedish maracas
  • maracasa Latin American rhythm instrument
Turkish marakas
  • marakasa Latin American rhythm instrument

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maraca

OsakaDhakaalpacapatacabakashakacacakakapacamakahakaMaccamoussakachachalaca
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Anagrams

CamaraAcamar
Cite this entry
APA

maraca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maraca

MLA

“maraca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maraca. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maraca,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maraca.

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