fausto
Portuguese, noun/ˈfaws.tu/
fausto is spelled F-A-U-S-T-O (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fausto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ostentation; pomposity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide fasto”.
What does fausto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
happy or fortunate
noun
- 1
masculineostentation; pomposity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome masculino
adjective: 1. ditoso, venturoso 2. próspero 3. agradável
noun: 1. vide fasto
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 fausto
- fausta feminine
- faustos masculine plural
- faustas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fausto?
- Brazil /ˈfaws.tu/
- Brazil [ˈfaʊ̯s.tu]
- /ˈfawʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fausto in Portuguese?
fausto appears 3.4 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).