frugalidade
Portuguese, noun/fɾu.ɡa.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
frugalidade is spelled F-R-U-G-A-L-I-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frugalidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “frugality; thrift (avoiding unnecessary expenditure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de ser frugal”.
What does frugalidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrugality; thrift (avoiding unnecessary expenditure)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de ser frugal
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 frugalidade
- frugalidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frugalidade?
- Brazil /fɾu.ɡa.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /fɾu.ɡɐ.liˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [fɾu.ɣɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frugalidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frugalidade in Portuguese?
frugalidade appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).