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Portuguese, noun/ˈa.d͡ʒi/

ad is spelled A-D (2 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ad is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ad (short for advertisement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ad mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinead (short for advertisement)

prefix

as ad-
  1. 1

    ad- (near; at)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. com, junto de

abbreviation: 1. Aliança Democrática

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 ad

  • ads plural
  • a- alternative

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

How do you pronounce ad?

  • Brazil /ˈa.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil /aˈde/

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

English words that translate to ad

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ad in Portuguese?

ad appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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