formando
Portuguese, noun/foʁˈmɐ̃.du/
formando is spelled F-O-R-M-A-N-D-O (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formando is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a student who is in the final process of completing a course and getting a degree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a gerund of formar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aluno que está em seu último ano ou semestre de estudos”.
What does formando mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea student who is in the final process of completing a course and getting a degree
verb
- 1
gerund of formar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aluno que está em seu último ano ou semestre de estudos
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 formando
- formandos plural
- formanda feminine
- formandas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formando?
- Brazil /foʁˈmɐ̃.du/
- Brazil [foɦˈmɐ̃.du]
- /foɾˈmɐ̃.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is formando in Portuguese?
formando appears 13 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).