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frase

Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾa.zi/

frase is spelled F-R-A-S-E (5 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,091st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “phrase (a short written or spoken expression)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentença”.

What does frase mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininephrase (a short written or spoken expression)

  2. 2

    femininesentence (grammatically complete series of words)

  3. 3

    Portugalfeminineclause

  4. 4

    femininephrase (a small, somewhat independent series of notes)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sentença

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 frase

  • frases plural
  • phrase alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce frase?

  • Brazil /ˈfɾa.zi/
  • Portugal /ˈfɾa.zɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to frase

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is frase in Portuguese?

frase appears 45 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).

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