distal
Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒisˈtaw/
distal is spelled D-I-S-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “distal (remote from the point of attachment or origin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se localiza longe do ponto de origem”.
What does distal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedistal (remote from the point of attachment or origin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se localiza longe do ponto de origem 2. espacialmente distante 3. remoto
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 distal
- distais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distal?
- Brazil /d͡ʒisˈtaw/
- Brazil [d͡ʒisˈtaʊ̯]
- /d͡ʒiʃˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distal in Portuguese?
distal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).