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edital

Portuguese, noun/e.d͡ʒiˈtaw/

edital is spelled E-D-I-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Edital is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “advertisement (public notice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ordem oficial ou traslado de édito ou postura, destinado ao conhecimento de todos, afixando-se em lugares…”.

What does edital mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineadvertisement (public notice)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineedict

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo a éditos 2. que se faz público por afixação de editais

noun: 1. ordem oficial ou traslado de édito ou postura, destinado ao conhecimento de todos, afixando-se em lugares públicos ou anunciando-se na imprensa periódica

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 edital

  • editais plural
  • edictal alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce edital?

  • Brazil /e.d͡ʒiˈtaw/
  • Brazil [e.d͡ʒiˈtaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /i.diˈtal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to edital

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is edital in Portuguese?

edital appears 5.5 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).

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