faustoso
Portuguese, adjective/fawsˈto.zu/
faustoso is spelled F-A-U-S-T-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faustoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pompous, opulent, luxurious (showing wealth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que ostenta e/ou gosta de fausto”.
What does faustoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pompous, opulent, luxurious (showing wealth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que ostenta e/ou gosta de fausto 2. luxuoso, aparatoso
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 faustoso
- faustosa feminine
- faustosos masculine plural
- faustosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faustoso?
- Brazil /fawsˈto.zu/
- Brazil [faʊ̯sˈto.zu]
- /fawʃˈto.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faustoso in Portuguese?
faustoso appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).