férias
Portuguese, noun
férias is spelled F-É-R-I-A-S (6 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,567th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Férias is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vacation (period taken off work or education)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of féria. Without its accent, ferias is a different word: “second-person singular imperfect indicative of ferir”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes”.
What does férias mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevacation (period taken off work or education)
noun
- 1
plural of féria
verb
- 1
second-person singular imperfect indicative of ferir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período de folga a que têm direito trabalhadores e estudantes
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.
English words that translate to férias
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is férias in Portuguese?
férias appears 62 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).