friável
Portuguese, adjective/fɾiˈa.vew/
friável is spelled F-R-I-Á-V-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Friável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “friable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que pode ser facilmente reduzido a pó; quebradiço; frágil”.
What does friável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefriable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pode ser facilmente reduzido a pó; quebradiço; frágil
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 friável
- friáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce friável?
- Brazil /fɾiˈa.vew/
- Brazil [fɾiˈa.veʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˈfɾja.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to friável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is friável in Portuguese?
friável appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).