maiúscula
Portuguese, noun
maiúscula is spelled M-A-I-Ú-S-C-U-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maiúscula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “majuscule, capital letter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of maiúsculo. Without its accent, maiuscula is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “letra grande”.
What does maiúscula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemajuscule, capital letter
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of maiúsculo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. letra grande
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 maiúscula
- maiúsculas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is maiúscula in Portuguese?
maiúscula 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).