funcho
Portuguese, noun/ˈfũ.ʃu/
funcho is spelled F-U-N-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funcho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, a plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare”.
What does funcho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefennel (Foeniculum vulgare, a plant)
- 2
masculinefennel (bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable)
- 3
masculinefennel (spice used in cooking)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicação medicinal; Foeniculum vulgare
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 funcho
- funchos plural
- fiolho alternative dialectal
- fiunlho alternative dialectal
- fruncho alternative dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funcho?
- Brazil /ˈfũ.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈfũ.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈfũt.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to funcho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is funcho in Portuguese?
funcho appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).