antiviral
Portuguese, noun/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaw/
antiviral is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a drug that acts against virus infections” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does antiviral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineantiviral (inhibiting viruses)
noun
- 1
masculinea drug that acts against virus infections
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que imuniza ou atua contra vírus
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 antiviral
- antivirais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antiviral?
- Brazil /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaw/
- Brazil [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˌɐ̃.ti.viˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antiviral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antiviral in Portuguese?
antiviral appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).