facção
Portuguese, noun/fakˈsɐ̃w̃/
facção is spelled F-A-C-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “militia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expedição militar ou feito de armas heroico”.
What does facção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemilitia
- 2
femininefaction (group of people)
- 3
femininea subdivision of a political party
- 4
femininesect
- 5
feminineclipping of facção criminosa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. expedição militar ou feito de armas heroico 2. grupo de indivíduos partidários de uma mesma causa em oposição à de outros grupos; na modernidade, o termo passou a designar cada grupo antagônico que disputa a supremacia política
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 facção
- facções plural
- fação alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facção?
- Brazil /fakˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fakˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facção in Portuguese?
facção appears 7.1 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).