material
Portuguese, noun/ma.te.ɾiˈaw/
material is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,113th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Material is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que é relativo à matéria”.
What does material mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematerial; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
- 2
masculinefootage (amount of film produced)
- 3
masculineresources used in class
- 4
masculinetackle; supplies; gear; rig (objects collected for use in a particular activity)
material escolar
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinematerial (relating to or composed of matter)
- 2
femininemasculinematerial; worldly (relating to physical rather than spiritual matters)
- 3
derogatoryfemininemasculinematerialistic; consumeristic (obsessed with consumer goods)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à matéria 2. que não é espiritual 3. grosseiro
noun: 1. aquilo que é relativo à matéria 2. conjunto dos objetos que constituem ou formam uma obra, uma construção, etc 3. mobiliário ou conjunto de utensílios de uma escola, de um estabelecimento, etc 4. armamento ou apetrechos militares
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 material
- materiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce material?
- Brazil /ma.te.ɾiˈaw/
- Brazil [ma.te.ɾiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ma.teˈɾjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to material
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is material in Portuguese?
material appears 87 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).