falso
Portuguese, adjective/ˈfaw.su/
falso is spelled F-A-L-S-O (5 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “false; untrue; not factual; wrong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of falsar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não é verdadeiro”.
What does falso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
false; untrue; not factual; wrong
- 2
false; artificial; fake
- 3
false
- 4
that which deceives or lies
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of falsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não é verdadeiro 2. que é incorreto, inválido
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 falso
- falsa feminine
- falsos masculine plural
- falsas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falso?
- Brazil /ˈfaw.su/
- Brazil [ˈfaʊ̯.su]
- Portugal /ˈfal.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falso in Portuguese?
falso appears 29 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).