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fala

Portuguese, noun

fala is spelled F-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears 224 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “speech (the ability to speak)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of falar. With an accent, falá is a different word: “apocopic form of falar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressão através da utilização da palavra”.

What does fala mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininespeech (the ability to speak)

  2. 2

    femininesomething spoken, such as a phrase or line

    É importante analisar a fala da personagem.

  3. 3

    femininea way of speaking

    Sua fala é muito engraçada.

  4. 4

    feminineaccent, pronunciation, or enunciation

    A fala dele é sempre arrastada assim?

  5. 5

    femininea dialect or regional variant of a language

    A fala do Norte é diferente daquela do Sul.

interjection

  1. 1

    Brazilinformalsup? (used to greet someone)

    Fala, Rodrigo, beleza?

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as falá
  1. 1

    apocopic form of falar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

  2. 2

    eye dialect spelling of falar, representing Brazil Portuguese

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. expressão através da utilização da palavra 2. sons emitidos por animais que imitam a fala humana 3. tom de voz 4. estilo, maneira de falar

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 fala

  • falas plural
  • falla alternative
  • fala! canonical

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

English words that translate to fala

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

How common is fala in Portuguese?

fala appears 224 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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