farroupilha
Portuguese, noun/fa.ʁo(w)ˈpi.ʎɐ/
farroupilha is spelled F-A-R-R-O-U-P-I-L-H-A (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farroupilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ragamuffin; one who wears shabby clothes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “insurreto da Guerra dos Farrapos (1835-1845), no Rio Grande do Sul”.
What does farroupilha mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof the Farroupilha Revolution
noun
- 1
femininemasculineragamuffin; one who wears shabby clothes
- 2
femininemasculinean insurrectionary from the Ragamuffin War
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de insurreto da Guerra dos Farrapos (1835-1845), no Rio Grande do Sul
noun: 1. insurreto da Guerra dos Farrapos (1835-1845), no Rio Grande do Sul 2. indivíduo maltrapilho, roto
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
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 farroupilha
- farroupilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farroupilha?
- Brazil /fa.ʁo(w)ˈpi.ʎɐ/
- Brazil [fa.ho(ʊ̯)ˈpi.ʎɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is farroupilha in Portuguese?
farroupilha appears 2.2 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).