passável
Portuguese, adjective/paˈsa.vew/
passável is spelled P-A-S-S-Á-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “passable (that can be passed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aceitável, perdoável, relevável”.
What does passável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepassable (that can be passed)
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculinepassable, tolerable
- 3
femininemasculinepassable (able to be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other identity group)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aceitável, perdoável, relevável
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 passável
- passáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passável?
- Brazil /paˈsa.vew/
- Brazil [paˈsa.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɐˈsa.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passável in Portuguese?
passável appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).