fajã
Portuguese, noun/faˈʒɐ̃/
fajã is spelled F-A-J-Ã (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fajã is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “flat surface near the sea, created from collapsing cliffs or lava flows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “plataforma ou planície costeira ao pé de uma falésia, geologicamente formada pelo escoamento de lava ou pela…”.
What does fajã mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflat surface near the sea, created from collapsing cliffs or lava flows
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plataforma ou planície costeira ao pé de uma falésia, geologicamente formada pelo escoamento de lava ou pela erosão da escarpa
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 fajã
- fajãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fajã?
- Brazil /faˈʒɐ̃/
- Portugal /fɐˈʒɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fajã in Portuguese?
fajã appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).