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fora da lei

Portuguese, noun

fora da lei is spelled F-O-R-A-D-A-L-E-I (9 letters). Fora da lei is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “outlaw (a fugitive from the law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, fora-da-lei is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of fora da lei; still used…”.

What does fora da lei mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineoutlaw (a fugitive from the law)

noun

as fora-da-lei
  1. 1

    femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of fora da lei; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ortografia antiga de fora da lei 2. marginal, criminoso, bandido

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 fora da lei

  • foras da lei plural
  • fora de lei alternative
  • fora-da-lei alternative
  • fora-de-lei alternative
  • foras-da-lei plural
  • fo.ra-da-lei canonical

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

English words that translate to fora da lei

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

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