folião
Portuguese, noun/fo.liˈɐ̃w̃/
folião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reveller (partygoer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que gosta de folia, farras”.
What does folião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereveller (partygoer)
- 2
masculinemerrymaker
adjective
- 1
playful
- 2
merry
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que gosta de folia, farras 2. aquele que comemora o carnaval 3. histrião 4. farsante
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 folião
- foliões plural
- foliona feminine
- foliã feminine
- folionas feminine plural
- foliãs feminine plural
- mais folião comparative
- o mais folião superlative
- folioníssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce folião?
- Brazil /fo.liˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fo.liˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /foˈljɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is folião in Portuguese?
folião appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).