falha
Portuguese, noun/ˈfa.ʎɐ/
falha is spelled F-A-L-H-A (5 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,874th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a flaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of falhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “engano; equívoco”.
What does falha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea flaw
- 2
femininea fault
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. engano; equívoco 2. descontinuidade; fratura; fissura; trinca; fenda; racha 3. irregularidade 4. fracasso; insucesso; ação ou evento em que não se obteve sucesso
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo falhar
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 falha
- falhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falha?
- Brazil /ˈfa.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈfa.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falha in Portuguese?
falha appears 31 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).