fava
Portuguese, noun/ˈfa.vɐ/
fava is spelled F-A-V-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fava is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fava bean (Vicia faba)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das leguminosas cujas sementes são usadas na alimentação”.
What does fava mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefava bean (Vicia faba)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das leguminosas cujas sementes são usadas na alimentação 2. árvore brasileira 3. fruto desta árvore 4. doença dos equídeos que afeta aos gânglios mandibulares
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 fava
- favas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fava?
- Brazil /ˈfa.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈfa.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈfa.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fava in Portuguese?
fava appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).