faculdade

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin facultātem, from facultās + -em.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/ [fa.kuʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/ [fa.kuʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.kuwˈda.de/ [fa.kuʊ̯ˈda.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.kulˈda.dɨ/ [fɐ.kuɫˈda.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: fa‧cul‧da‧de

Noun

faculdade f (plural faculdades)

1. faculty (all senses)
2. college (institute of advanced education)

   Estou no meu segundo ano da faculdade

   I am in my second year of university.

3. power, ability
   1. (law) right

Further reading

• “faculdade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “faculdade”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025