fractura
Portuguese, noun
fractura is spelled F-R-A-C-T-U-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fractura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of fratura; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of fracturar.
What does fractura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of fratura; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of fractura
- fracturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fractura in Portuguese?
fractura appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).