caporal
Portuguese, noun/ka.poˈɾaw/
caporal is spelled C-A-P-O-R-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese, the 220,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caporal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “former military rank, between corporal and sergeant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caporal mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculineformer military rank, between corporal and sergeant
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedesignating a quality of chopped tobacco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caporal
- caporais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caporal?
- Brazil /ka.poˈɾaw/
- Brazil [ka.poˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐ.puˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caporal in Portuguese?
caporal appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).