frouxidão
Portuguese, noun/fɾo(w).ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/
frouxidão is spelled F-R-O-U-X-I-D-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frouxidão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “looseness, laxness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does frouxidão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelooseness, laxness
- 2
femininecowardice
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of frouxidão
- frouxidões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frouxidão?
- Brazil /fɾo(w).ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fɾo(ʊ̯).ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /fɾo(w).ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frouxidão in Portuguese?
frouxidão appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).