faculdade
Portuguese, noun/fa.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/
faculdade is spelled F-A-C-U-L-D-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 934th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faculdade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “faculty (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “força física ou moral que torna a pessoa capaz de atuar e de produzir certos efeitos”.
What does faculdade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefaculty (all senses)
- 2
femininecollege (institute of advanced education)
Estou no meu segundo ano da faculdade
- 3
femininepower, ability
- 4
feminineright
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. força física ou moral que torna a pessoa capaz de atuar e de produzir certos efeitos 2. propriedade, qualidade 3. aptidão; capacidade; destreza; facilidade 4. direito, potência moral ou psicológica
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 faculdade
- faculdades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faculdade?
- Brazil /fa.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [fa.kuʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /fɐ.kulˈda.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faculdade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faculdade in Portuguese?
faculdade appears 105 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).