carnal
Portuguese, adjective/kaʁˈnaw/
carnal is spelled C-A-R-N-A-L (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carnal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ou pertencente à carne”.
What does carnal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecarnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
- 2
femininemasculinecarnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)
- 3
femininemasculineconsanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)
irmão carnal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente à carne: 2. relativo aos prazeres da carne; sensual; lascivo; concupiscente:
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 carnal
- carnais plural
- car.nal canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carnal?
- Brazil /kaʁˈnaw/
- Brazil [kaɦˈnaʊ̯]
- /kaɾˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carnal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carnal in Portuguese?
carnal appears 1.2 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).