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fato de macaco

Portuguese, noun

fato de macaco is spelled F-A-T-O-D-E-M-A-C-A-C-O (12 letters). Fato de macaco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of fato-macaco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, fato-de-macaco is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of fato de macaco; still used…”.

What does fato de macaco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of fato-macaco

noun

as fato-de-macaco
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of fato de macaco; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ortografia antiga de fato de macaco

phrase: 1. o mesmo que macacão

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 fato de macaco

  • fatos de macaco plural
  • fato-de-macaco alternative
  • fatos-de-macaco plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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