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fervor

Portuguese, noun/feʁˈvoʁ/

fervor is spelled F-E-R-V-O-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fervor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fervour (passionate enthusiasm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de ferver; fervura”.

What does fervor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefervour (passionate enthusiasm)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de ferver; fervura 2. desejo muito intenso 3. veemência 4. entusiasmo

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 fervor

  • fervores plural

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

How do you pronounce fervor?

  • Brazil /feʁˈvoʁ/
  • Brazil [feɦˈvoh]
  • /feɾˈvoɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fervor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fervor in Portuguese?

fervor appears 1.5 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).

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