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fofo

Portuguese, adjective

fofo is spelled F-O-F-O (4 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fofo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “spongy, fluffy, soft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of fofar. With an accent, fôfo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que cede facilmente à pressão”.

What does fofo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    spongy, fluffy, soft

    Esse bolo é tão fofinho!

  2. 2

    informalcute

    Aquele pinguim bebê é fofo demais!

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of fofar

adjective

as fôfo
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of fofo

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que cede facilmente à pressão 2. tufado 3. belo e gracioso 4. envaidecido

noun: 1. ornamento fofo ou em relevo 2. tufo 3. lugar de descanso 4. ferro fundido

noun: 1. gás expelido pelo ânus

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 fofo

  • fofa feminine
  • fofos masculine plural
  • fofas feminine plural
  • mais fofo comparative
  • o mais fofo superlative
  • fofíssimo superlative
  • fofinho diminutive
  • fôfo alternative
  • fôfa feminine
  • fôfas feminine plural

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

English words that translate to fofo

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

How common is fofo in Portuguese?

fofo appears 9.8 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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