fatal
Portuguese, adjective/faˈtaw/
fatal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “decided by fate or destiny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “determinado, marcado”.
What does fatal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedecided by fate or destiny
- 2
femininemasculinecausing death
- 3
femininemasculinecausing damage
- 4
femininemasculineinevitable
- 5
femininemasculineterrible, very bad
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. determinado, marcado 2. fixado pelo fado ou destino 3. que tem de ser 4. irrevogável
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 fatal
- fatais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fatal?
- Brazil /faˈtaw/
- Brazil [faˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /fɐˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fatal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fatal in Portuguese?
fatal appears 9.1 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).