famoso
Portuguese, noun/faˈmo.zu/
famoso is spelled F-A-M-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Famoso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “celebrity, famous person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does famoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
famous
- 2
very good; excellent
noun
- 1
masculinecelebrity, famous person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem fama 2. notável 3. célebre
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 famoso
- famosa feminine
- famosos masculine plural
- famosas feminine plural
- mais famoso comparative
- o mais famoso superlative
- famosíssimo superlative
- metaphonic superlative
- mais famosa comparative feminine singular
- mais famosos comparative masculine plural
- mais famosas comparative feminine plural
- famosíssima feminine singular superlative
- famosíssimos masculine plural superlative
- famosíssimas feminine plural superlative
- famosão augmentative masculine singular
- famosona augmentative feminine singular
- famosões augmentative masculine plural
- famosonas augmentative feminine plural
- famosinho diminutive masculine singular
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce famoso?
- Brazil /faˈmo.zu/
- Portugal /fɐˈmo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to famoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is famoso in Portuguese?
famoso appears 63 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).