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incidental

Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.si.dẽˈtaw/

incidental is spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incidental is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “incidental (existing by chance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does incidental mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineincidental (existing by chance)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of incidental

  • incidentais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incidental?

  • Brazil /ĩ.si.dẽˈtaw/
  • Brazil [ĩ.si.dẽˈtaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ĩ.si.dẽˈtal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to incidental

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is incidental in Portuguese?

incidental appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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