fuá
Portuguese, noun/fuˈa/
fuá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “messy, tangled or unkempt hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intriga, mexerico, fuxico”.
What does fuá mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineof a horse, timorous (easily scared)
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculinerowdy, troublemaker
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemessy, tangled or unkempt hair
- 2
Brazilmasculinedandruff (dead skin flakes)
cabelo de fuá
- 3
Brazilmasculinegossip
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineapple snails (species of molluscs in the genus Pomacea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de cavalo ressabiado, espantadiço, desconfiado 2. que demonstra valentia; valentão
noun: 1. intriga, mexerico, fuxico 2. caspa 3. pó muito fino que se desprende da pele arranhada
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 fuá
- fuás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuá?
- Brazil /fuˈa/
- Brazil /ˈfwa/
- Portugal /ˈfwa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fuá in Portuguese?
fuá appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).