fachada
Portuguese, noun/faˈʃa.dɐ/
fachada is spelled F-A-C-H-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fachada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “façade (of a building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “frontaria de um edifício”.
What does fachada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefaçade (of a building)
- 2
feminineanything used to hide something, especially criminal activities
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. frontaria de um edifício 2. frontaria de qualquer tipo de edificação 3. frontispício de um livro 4. semblante
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 fachada
- fachadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fachada?
- Brazil /faˈʃa.dɐ/
- Portugal /fɐˈʃa.dɐ/
- Portugal [fɐˈʃa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fachada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fachada in Portuguese?
fachada appears 11 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).