insular
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.suˈlaʁ/
insular is spelled I-N-S-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to isolate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar em ilha”.
What does insular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinsular
verb
- 1
to isolate
- 2
to insulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a ilha ou ínsula
noun: 1. pessoa que vive numa ilha
verb: 1. transformar em ilha 2. isolar
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 insular
- insulares plural
- insulo first-person present singular
- insulei first-person preterite singular
- insulado participle past
- insularmos first-person infinitive plural
- insulardes infinitive plural second-person
- insularem infinitive plural third-person
- insulando gerund
- insulados masculine participle past
- insulada feminine participle past
- insuladas feminine participle past
- insulas indicative present second-person
- insula indicative present singular
- insulamos first-person indicative plural
- insulais indicative plural present
- insulam indicative plural present
- insulava first-person imperfect indicative
- insulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insular?
- Brazil /ĩ.suˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [ĩ.suˈlah]
- /ĩ.suˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insular in Portuguese?
insular appears 1.5 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).