fim de semana
The verdict
“fim de semana” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - período, geralmente de lazer, por oposição aos dias úteis, que decorre entre a noite de sexta-feira ou a manhã de sábado e que estende-se até ao fim do dia de domingo
Corpus desk
Index PT-fim-de-semana · fim de semana · Portuguese
fim de semana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fim de semana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fim de semana” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fim de semana is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fim de semana in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is fim de semana, spelled F-I-M- -D-E- -S-E-M-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1período, geralmente de lazer, por oposição aos dias úteis, que decorre entre a noite de sexta-feira ou a manhã de sábado e que estende-se até ao fim do dia de domingo
- 2feriado prolongado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fim de semana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O fim de semana é normalmente o período em que se descansa.
O fim de semana começa quinta-feira nessa semana, devido ao feriado.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.