falsete
Portuguese, noun/fawˈse.t͡ʃi/
falsete is spelled F-A-L-S-E-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falsete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “falsetto (technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de registro vocal mais agudo do que a voz normal, devido à posição tomada pelas pregas vocais que, em…”.
What does falsete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefalsetto (technique for placing the male voice in order to achieve the registers of female voices)
- 2
masculinefalsetto (individual who sings in this voice register)
- 3
masculinesqueaky and thin voice
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de registro vocal mais agudo do que a voz normal, devido à posição tomada pelas pregas vocais que, em vez de se manterem juntas em toda a extensão, afastam-se na parte anterior, reduzindo a parte que vibra e aumentando, assim, a frequência do som fundamental [permite a ampliação da tessitura da voz masculina para o agudo] 2. indivíduo que canta em falsete 3. voz esganiçada
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 falsete
- falsetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falsete?
- Brazil /fawˈse.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [faʊ̯ˈse.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /falˈse.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falsete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falsete in Portuguese?
falsete appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).