capital
Portuguese, noun/ka.piˈtaw/
capital is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 582nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capital is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “capital; capital city (place where the seat of a government is located)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “povoação principal de um país ou de uma circunscrição e/ou onde está sediado o governo”.
What does capital mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapital; capital city (place where the seat of a government is located)
- 2
femininecapital (the most important place associated with something)
noun
- 1
masculinecapital (money that can be used to acquire goods and services)
- 2
masculineanything of prime importance
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecapital (of prime importance)
- 2
femininemasculinecapital (involving punishment by death)
- 3
femininemasculinerarecapital (relating to the head)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à cabeça 2. principal 3. que resulta em morte 4. diz-se dos caracteres maiúsculos do alfabeto
noun: 1. povoação principal de um país ou de uma circunscrição e/ou onde está sediado o governo 2. letra capitular; o mesmo que maiúscula, versal
noun: 1. valor de uma dívida ou de um depósito em banco, excluindo o juro 2. quantidade de dinheiro e de meios técnicos e materiais (máquinas, ferramentas, instalações etc.) que constituem uma empresa 3. fundo pecuniário que constitui a base de uma indústria ou de uma casa de comércio 4. riqueza
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 capital
- capitais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capital?
- Brazil /ka.piˈtaw/
- Brazil [ka.piˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐ.piˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capital in Portuguese?
capital appears 166 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).