faneca
Portuguese, noun/faˈnɛ.kɐ/
faneca is spelled F-A-N-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faneca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pouting (Trisopterus luscus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe da família dos gadídeos, muito frequente em Portugal e usado na alimentação (Trisopterus luscus)”.
What does faneca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepouting (Trisopterus luscus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pessoa magra
noun: 1. peixe da família dos gadídeos, muito frequente em Portugal e usado na alimentação (Trisopterus luscus)
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 faneca
- fanecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faneca?
- Brazil /faˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /fɐˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /fɐ.ˈnɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faneca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faneca in Portuguese?
faneca appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).