corporal
Portuguese, noun/koʁ.poˈɾaw/
corporal is spelled C-O-R-P-O-R-A-L (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corporal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “corporal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pano de linho branco benzido onde o padre põe o cálice”.
What does corporal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecorporal, carnal
noun
- 1
masculinecorporal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que respeita ao corpo: 2. físico, que tem corpo:
noun: 1. pano de linho branco benzido onde o padre põe o cálice
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 corporal
- corporais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corporal?
- Brazil /koʁ.poˈɾaw/
- Brazil [koh.poˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kuɾ.pu.ˈɾaɫ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corporal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corporal in Portuguese?
corporal appears 12 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).