arterial
Portuguese, adjective/aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/
arterial is spelled A-R-T-E-R-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arterial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “arterial (relating to blood arteries)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo às artérias”.
What does arterial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinearterial (relating to blood arteries)
- 2
femininemasculinearterial (relating to arterial roads)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo às artérias
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 arterial
- arteriais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arterial?
- Brazil /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/
- Brazil [ah.te.ɾiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arterial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arterial in Portuguese?
arterial appears 4.2 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).