formosa
Portuguese, adjective/foʁˈmɔ.zɐ/
formosa is spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formosa is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of formoso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does formosa mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of formoso
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país asiático próximo à China 2. ilha localizada no leste da Ásia 3. ilha africana, pertencente a Guiné-Bissau 4. província na Argentina
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.
How do you pronounce formosa?
- Brazil /foʁˈmɔ.zɐ/
- Brazil [foɦˈmɔ.zɐ]
- /foɾˈmɔ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is formosa in Portuguese?
formosa appears 2.7 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).