falácia
Portuguese, noun
falácia is spelled F-A-L-Á-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falácia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fallacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, falacia is a different word: “fallacy”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “raciocínio ou argumento ilícito, seja pela estrutura desrespeitar as regras formais da lógica, seja pelo…”.
What does falácia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefallacy
noun
- 1
femininefallacy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. raciocínio ou argumento ilícito, seja pela estrutura desrespeitar as regras formais da lógica, seja pelo conteúdo abusar da retórica 2. ardil retórico, sem sentido, falho 3. engano, estupidez, burla, logro 4. qualidade de falaz
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 falácia
- falácias plural
- falacias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to falácia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falácia in Portuguese?
falácia appears 1.9 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).