causal
Portuguese, noun/kawˈzaw/
causal is spelled C-A-U-S-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Causal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reason, motive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does causal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecausal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)
noun
- 1
femininereason, motive
- 2
feminineclipping of conjunção causal (“causal conjunction”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a causa 2. diz-se de conjunção ou oração subordinada que expressa causa
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 causal
- causais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce causal?
- Brazil /kawˈzaw/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈzaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kawˈzal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to causal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is causal in Portuguese?
causal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).