folga
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔw.ɡɐ/
folga is spelled F-O-L-G-A (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rest, day off (from work)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of folgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “descanso; período sem trabalho”.
What does folga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerest, day off (from work)
Amanhã é meu dia de folga.
- 2
femininerespite; break (a brief interval of rest or relief)
O professor não me dá folga!
- 3
feminineslack (extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely)
A corda tem muita folga, precisamos amarrá-la melhor.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. descanso; período sem trabalho 2. espaço entre as partes de um mecanismo 3. distância em relação a outros competidores 4. familiaridade
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 folga
- folgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce folga?
- Brazil /ˈfɔw.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- Portugal /ˈfɔl.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to folga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is folga in Portuguese?
folga appears 12 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).