franquear
Portuguese, verb/fɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/
franquear is spelled F-R-A-N-Q-U-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Franquear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to exempt from charge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar franco, libertar”.
What does franquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exempt from charge
- 2
to clear (to go through as payment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar franco, libertar 2. isentar de impostos 3. conceder
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 franquear
- franqueio first-person present singular
- franqueei first-person preterite singular
- franqueado participle past
- franqueares infinitive second-person singular
- franquearmos first-person infinitive plural
- franqueardes infinitive plural second-person
- franquearem infinitive plural third-person
- franqueando gerund
- franqueados masculine participle past
- franqueada feminine participle past
- franqueadas feminine participle past
- franqueias indicative present second-person
- franqueia indicative present singular
- franqueamos first-person indicative plural
- franqueais indicative plural present
- franqueiam indicative plural present
- franqueava first-person imperfect indicative
- franqueavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce franquear?
- Brazil /fɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fɾɐ̃.keˈa(h)]
- /fɾɐ̃.keˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is franquear in Portuguese?
franquear appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).