igual
Portuguese, noun/iˈɡwaw/
igual is spelled I-G-U-A-L (5 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,214th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Igual is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “equals sign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does igual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineequal
adverb
- 1
like; just alike; similarly to
Ele entrou no local furtivamente, igual a uma raposa.
noun
- 1
masculineequals sign
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem exatamente as mesmas características 2. que tem o mesmo valor (matemático, moral, legal etc.)
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 igual
- iguais plural
- egual alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce igual?
- Brazil /iˈɡwaw/
- Brazil [iˈɡwaʊ̯]
- Portugal /iˈɡwal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to igual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is igual in Portuguese?
igual appears 79 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).