instrumental
Portuguese, noun/ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈtaw/
instrumental is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-L (12 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrumental is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “instrumental (grammatical case)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de instrumentos”.
What does instrumental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinstrumental (acting as an instrument)
- 2
femininemasculineinstrumental (having no singing)
- 3
femininemasculineinstrumental (pertaining to the instrumental case)
noun
- 1
masculineinstrumental (grammatical case)
- 2
masculineinstrumental (composition without singing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a instrumentos 2. relativo ao caso instrumental
noun: 1. conjunto de instrumentos 2. conjunto de instrumentos musicais 3. caso do substantivo e do adjetivo que corresponde ao instrumento de uma frase
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 instrumental
- instrumentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumental?
- Brazil /ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈtaw/
- Brazil [ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
- /ĩʃ.tɾu.mẽˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instrumental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instrumental in Portuguese?
instrumental appears 4.2 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).