chafariz
Portuguese, noun/ʃa.faˈɾis/
chafariz is spelled C-H-A-F-A-R-I-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chafariz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fountain (artificial water feature, often ornamental)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “construção de alvenaria, provida de uma ou várias bicas, para fornecimento de água ou para ornamentação”.
What does chafariz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefountain (artificial water feature, often ornamental)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. construção de alvenaria, provida de uma ou várias bicas, para fornecimento de água ou para ornamentação 2. pessoa que chora muito
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chafariz
- chafarizes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chafariz?
- Brazil /ʃa.faˈɾis/
- /ʃa.faˈɾiʃ/
- Portugal /ʃɐ.fɐˈɾiʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chafariz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chafariz in Portuguese?
chafariz appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).