furada
Portuguese, noun
furada is spelled F-U-R-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “something deceitful or prone to failure, as a broken boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of furado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de se furar”.
What does furada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalsomething deceitful or prone to failure, as a broken boat
Esse regime para emagrecer é uma furada!
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of furado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of furado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de se furar 2. acontecimento ou situação frustrante, que põe em embaraço ou traz perda; roubada 3. pessoa que frustra ou causa prejuízo
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 furada
- furadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is furada in Portuguese?
furada appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).