formosura
Portuguese, noun/foʁ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/
formosura is spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-U-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formosura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “beauty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade daquele ou daquilo que é formoso”.
What does formosura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletebeauty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade daquele ou daquilo que é formoso 2. pessoa formosa 3. coisa formosa 4. certo peixe açoriano
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 formosura
- formosuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formosura?
- Brazil /foʁ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [foɦ.moˈzu.ɾɐ]
- /foɾ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is formosura in Portuguese?
formosura appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).