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futilidade

Portuguese, noun/fu.t͡ʃi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/

futilidade is spelled F-U-T-I-L-I-D-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futilidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “futility (quality of being futile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade daquilo que é fútil”.

What does futilidade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefutility (quality of being futile)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. qualidade daquilo que é fútil 2. coisa fútil

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 futilidade

  • futilidades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce futilidade?

  • Brazil /fu.t͡ʃi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • Portugal /fu.ti.liˈda.dɨ/
  • Portugal [fu.ti.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 futilidade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is futilidade in Portuguese?

futilidade appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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