maleável
Portuguese, adjective/ma.leˈa.vew/
maleável is spelled M-A-L-E-Á-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maleável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “malleable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se daquilo ou daquele que é capaz de mudar para se adaptar a uma nova situação”.
What does maleável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemalleable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquilo ou daquele que é capaz de mudar para se adaptar a uma nova situação 2. que pode ser dobrado com facilidade
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 maleável
- maleáveis plural
- mais maleável comparative
- o mais maleável superlative
- maleabilíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maleável?
- Brazil /ma.leˈa.vew/
- Brazil [ma.leˈa.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /mɐˈlja.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maleável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maleável in Portuguese?
maleável appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).