faraó
Portuguese, noun
faraó is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pharaoh (supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, farão is a different word: “third-person plural future indicative of fazer”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título dos antigos reis egípcios”.
What does faraó mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenonstandardpharaoh (supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)
noun
- 1
masculinepharaoh; faro
verb
- 1
third-person plural future indicative of fazer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título dos antigos reis egípcios 2. espécie de jogo de cartas 3. filho de Hórus, deus egípcio, na terra 4. soberano do Egito Antigo
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 faraó
- faraós plural
- faraoa feminine nonstandard plural
- faraona feminine nonstandard plural
- faraoas feminine nonstandard plural
- faraonas feminine nonstandard plural
- pharaó alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to faraó
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faraó in Portuguese?
faraó appears 14 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).