default
Portuguese, noun/deˈfaw.t͡ʃi/
default is spelled D-E-F-A-U-L-T (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Default is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “default (condition of failing to meet an obligation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does default mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedefault (condition of failing to meet an obligation)
- 2
masculinedefault (original settings)
- 3
masculinedefault (value assumed when none has been given)
adjective
- 1
being a default setting or value
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of default
- defaults plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce default?
- Brazil /deˈfaw.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [deˈfaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /diˈfɔlt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to default
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is default in Portuguese?
default appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).