Polyglot Dictionary

falência

/faˈlẽsjɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Financial Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as falências

Meaning

  1. bankruptcy

    Also used figuratively for the failure or collapse of a system or institution (falência do sistema), not only financial bankruptcy.

    • A empresa foi à falência.

      The company went bankrupt.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Bankrott

Bankrott is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bankruptcy."

German

Konkurs

Konkurs is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bankruptcy."

Spanish

bancarrota

bancarrota is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bankruptcy."

Spanish

quiebra

quiebra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bankruptcy."

Practice

1 What does falência mean?

2 Fill the gap: A empresa foi à ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches falência?

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