formoso
Portuguese, adjective/foʁˈmo.zu/
formoso is spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “beautiful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem formas agradáveis”.
What does formoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
beautiful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem formas agradáveis 2. perfeito 3. lindo
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Goiás 2. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
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 formoso
- formosa feminine
- formosos masculine plural
- formosas feminine plural
- mais formoso comparative
- o mais formoso superlative
- formosíssimo superlative
- formosinho diminutive
- formosão augmentative
- metaphonic augmentative
- fermoso alternative obsolete
- fremoso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formoso?
- Brazil /foʁˈmo.zu/
- Brazil [foɦˈmo.zu]
- /foɾˈmo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to formoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formoso in Portuguese?
formoso appears 1.1 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).