sáfaro

adj

The verdict

“sáfaro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa, entidade ou lugar que não produz

Corpus desk

Index PT-safaro · sáfaro · Portuguese

sáfaro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for sáfaro
PropertyValue
Headwordsáfaro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sáfaro” em português

sáfaronão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sáfaro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for sáfaro in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sáfaro, spelled S-Á-F-A-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa, entidade ou lugar que não produz
  2. 2
    animal esquivo, difícil de domar
  3. 3
    pessoal de difícil relacionamento, rude, desconfiada

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sáfaro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nos solos sáfaros nada cresce.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sáfaro"?
"sáfaro" is spelled S-Á-F-A-R-O.
What does "sáfaro" mean?
As an adjective, "sáfaro" means: pessoa, entidade ou lugar que não produz
What language does "sáfaro" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list