local
Portuguese, noun/loˈkaw/
local is spelled L-O-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears 324 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 283rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Local is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “premises, rooms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar; localidade; sítio”.
What does local mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelocal
noun
- 1
masculinepremises, rooms
- 2
masculinesite
- 3
masculineplace, location
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a determinado lugar 2. diz-se de variável que tem escopo limitado a uma parte de um programa 3. relativo a uma só parte de um organismo
noun: 1. lugar; localidade; sítio 2. notícia relativa à localidade onde é publicada
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 local
- locais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce local?
- Brazil /loˈkaw/
- Brazil [loˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /luˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to local
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is local in Portuguese?
local appears 324 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).