faro
Portuguese, noun/ˈfa.ɾu/
faro is spelled F-A-R-O (4 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sense of smell, especially that of an animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “olfato dos cães e de outros animais”.
What does faro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesense of smell, especially that of an animal
- 2
masculinethe ability to recognise opportunities
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará 2. Cidade de Faro: cidade portuguesa, no Algarve, no sul do país 3. Distrito de Faro: distrito que tem como capital Faro 4. Concelho de Faro: concelho de capital Faro
noun: 1. olfato dos cães e de outros animais: 2. apurado sentido do olfato: 3. pressentimento, sensação, capacidade de antecipar: 4. farol, luz que indica a posição da costa nas noites para a navegação, ponto de referência
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 faro
- faros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faro?
- Brazil /ˈfa.ɾu/
- Portugal /ˈfa.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faro in Portuguese?
faro appears 5.5 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).