illegal
Portuguese, adjective
illegal is spelled I-L-L-E-G-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illegal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ilegal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does illegal mean in English?
adjective
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femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ilegal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of illegal
- illegaes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is illegal in Portuguese?
illegal appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).