continental
Portuguese, noun/kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/
continental is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L (11 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continental is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mainlander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does continental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecontinental, relating to a continent and/or a mainland
- 2
femininemasculinefrom Continental Portugal
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemainlander
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a continente
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 continental
- continentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continental?
- Brazil /kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/
- Brazil [kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continental in Portuguese?
continental appears 10 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).