grátis
Portuguese, adjective
grátis is spelled G-R-Á-T-I-S (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,212th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grátis is a Portuguese adjective meaning “free, gratis, without charge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, gratis is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gratuito; sem remuneração; de graça”.
What does grátis mean in English?
adverb
- 1
for free, free of charge
Podemos estacionar grátis no shopping.
adjective
- 1
proscribedfree, gratis, without charge
O shopping oferece estacionamento grátis.
adverb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of grátis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gratuito; sem remuneração; de graça
adverb: 1. sem custo ou ônus; gratuitamente
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 grátis
- gratis alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grátis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grátis in Portuguese?
grátis appears 20 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).