genial
Portuguese, adjective/ʒe.niˈaw/
genial is spelled G-E-N-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “genial (marked by genius)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a gênio”.
What does genial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinegenial (marked by genius)
- 2
femininemasculinegenius (very clever)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a gênio
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 genial
- geniais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genial?
- Brazil /ʒe.niˈaw/
- Brazil [ʒe.niˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ʒeˈnjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to genial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is genial in Portuguese?
genial appears 6.8 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).