ideal
Portuguese, noun/i.deˈaw/
ideal is spelled I-D-E-A-L (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,133rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ideal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ideal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um padrão de perfeição ou excelência”.
What does ideal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineideal
- 2
femininemasculinenotional
noun
- 1
masculineideal
- 2
masculinefantasy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. concebido como constituindo um padrão de perfeição ou excelência 2. considerado como perfeito para algo 3. aquilo que existe somente em pensamento; não real, não factual 4. vantajoso, excelente, o melhor
noun: 1. um padrão de perfeição ou excelência 2. um fim último e nobre ao qual se aspira chegar 3. algo que existe somente em imaginação
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 ideal
- ideais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ideal?
- Brazil /i.deˈaw/
- Brazil [i.deˈaʊ̯]
- Portugal /iˈdjal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ideal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ideal in Portuguese?
ideal appears 28 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).