falível
Portuguese, adjective/faˈli.vew/
falível is spelled F-A-L-Í-V-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “fallible (capable of making mistakes or being wrong)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que pode falhar”.
What does falível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefallible (capable of making mistakes or being wrong)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pode 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 falível
- falíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falível?
- Brazil /faˈli.vew/
- Brazil [faˈli.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /fɐˈli.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falível in Portuguese?
falível appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).