folgar

//foɫ.ˈɡaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#64,182

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

folgar is aPortugueseverb. It means: dar ou tirar folga Pronounced /foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/.

Key facts for folgar
PropertyValue
Headwordfolgar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of folgar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for folgar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,182 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for folgar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is folgar, spelled F-O-L-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar ou tirar folga
  2. 2
    alargar, desapertar, aliviar
  3. 3
    divertir-se, ter prazer, jubilar-se, alegrar-se
  4. 4
    livrar
  5. 5
    descansar, ter o dia de folga
  6. 6
    tomar a liberdade autoconcedida em agir de uma forma abusada que viola, diminui ou usufrui de direito alheio

Frequency rank: #64,182 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "folgar"?
"folgar" is spelled F-O-L-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "folgar" mean?
As a verb, "folgar" means: dar ou tirar folga
How do you pronounce "folgar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folgar" is /foɫ.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "folgar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.