farrapo
Portuguese, noun/faˈʁa.pu/
farrapo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tatter; rag (piece of old, tattered cloth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço de pano rasgado”.
What does farrapo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetatter; rag (piece of old, tattered cloth)
- 2
masculinerags (tattered clothes)
- 3
masculinea person who wears rags; a shabby person; ragamuffin
- 4
Brazilmasculinea participant in the Farroupilha Revolution
adjective
- 1
of the Farroupilha Revolution
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço de pano rasgado 2. roupa muito usada ou rota 3. partidário legalista da revolução farroupilha
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 farrapo
- farrapos plural
- farrapa feminine
- farrapas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farrapo?
- Brazil /faˈʁa.pu/
- Brazil [faˈha.pu]
- /faˈʁa.pu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farrapo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farrapo in Portuguese?
farrapo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).