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fácil

Portuguese, adjective

fácil is spelled F-Á-C-I-L (5 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 460th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fácil is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “easy (requiring little skill or effort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, facil is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do que não é nem duro nem difícil de se realizar, daquilo que não exige muito trabalho ou esforço”.

What does fácil mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineeasy (requiring little skill or effort)

  2. 2

    femininemasculinewhich is understood at no cost; simple

  3. 3

    femininemasculinewho has an affable attitude; accessible

  4. 4

    femininemasculinewho collaborates docilely; conciliatory

  5. 5

    femininemasculinethat it is comfortable; convenient

  6. 6

    femininemasculinethat arises spontaneously

  7. 7

    femininemasculinethat shows little reflection; thoughtless; precipitate; frivolous

  8. 8

    femininemasculineshallow; simplistic

adjective

as facil
  1. 1

    femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fácil

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se do que não é nem duro nem difícil de se realizar, daquilo que não exige muito trabalho ou esforço 2. livre de dor, desconforto, preocupações 3. não difícil de convencer 4. rapidamente compreensível

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 fácil

  • fáceis plural
  • fáciu alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
  • fácio alternative Brazil pronunciation-spelling
  • fácir alternative Caipira pronunciation-spelling
  • fáci alternative Caipira pronunciation-spelling
  • facil alternative
  • faceis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to fácil

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fácil in Portuguese?

fácil appears 200 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).

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