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fármaco

Portuguese, noun/ˈfaʁ.ma.ku/

fármaco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pharmaceutical, medication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância utilizada para sanar uma doença ou atenuar seus efeitos”.

What does fármaco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepharmaceutical, medication

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. substância utilizada para sanar uma doença ou atenuar seus efeitos 2. substância obtida através de um procedimento farmacêutico

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 fármaco

  • fármacos plural

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

How do you pronounce fármaco?

  • Brazil /ˈfaʁ.ma.ku/
  • Brazil [ˈfaɦ.ma.ku]
  • /ˈfaɾ.ma.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is fármaco in Portuguese?

fármaco appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

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