FGTS
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.fi ˈʒe ˈte ˈɛ.si/
FGTS is spelled F-G-T-S (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). FGTS is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “initialism of Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço (“length-of-service guarantee fund”), a federal social insurance program in Brazil…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does FGTS mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineinitialism of Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço (“length-of-service guarantee fund”), a federal social insurance program in Brazil, created in 1966, that protects workers dismissed without just cause by providing 8% of their gross monthly wage
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço
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.
How do you pronounce FGTS?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.fi ˈʒe ˈte ˈɛ.si/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is FGTS in Portuguese?
FGTS appears 2.1 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).