fanho
Portuguese, adjective/ˈfɐ̃.ɲu/
fanho is a Portuguese adjective meaning “speaking nasally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem a pronúncia defeituosa, como de quem fala pelo nariz”.
What does fanho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
speaking nasally
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem a pronúncia defeituosa, como de quem fala pelo nariz
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 fanho
- fanha feminine
- fanhos masculine plural
- fanhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fanho?
- Brazil /ˈfɐ̃.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈfɐ̃.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈfɐ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fanho in Portuguese?
fanho appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).