facultativo
Portuguese, adjective/fa.kuw.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/
facultativo is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facultativo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “facultative; optional (not compulsory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “opcional, não obrigatório”.
What does facultativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
facultative; optional (not compulsory)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. opcional, não obrigatório
noun: 1. que exerce a medicina legalmente
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 facultativo
- facultativa feminine
- facultativos masculine plural
- facultativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facultativo?
- Brazil /fa.kuw.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil [fa.kuʊ̯.taˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- Portugal /fɐ.kul.tɐˈti.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facultativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facultativo in Portuguese?
facultativo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).