faca
Portuguese, noun
faca is spelled F-A-C-A (4 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 668th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, faça is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer objeto cortante capaz de ser empunhado”.
What does faca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineknife
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer objeto cortante capaz de ser empunhado 2. instrumento cortante composto de lâmina e cabo 3. punhal usado por caçadores; corta-papel 4. molusco comestível
noun: 1. cavalo ou égua utilizados para passear
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do modo subjuntivo do verbo fazer
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 faca
- facas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to faca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faca in Portuguese?
faca appears 148 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).