faceta
Portuguese, noun/faˈse.tɐ/
faceta is spelled F-A-C-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faceta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “facet (flat surface cut into a gem)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of facetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena face”.
What does faceta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefacet (flat surface cut into a gem)
- 2
femininefacet (one among many similar yet distinct things)
- 3
femininefacet (component of a compound eye)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-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. pequena face 2. cada uma das superfícies regulares de uma pedra preciosa 3. porção circunscrita da superfície de um osso 4. aspecto, ponto de vista do qual se pode examinar um assunto
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 faceta
- facetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faceta?
- Brazil /faˈse.tɐ/
- Portugal /fɐˈse.tɐ/
- Brazil /faˈsɛ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faceta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faceta in Portuguese?
faceta appears 1.5 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).