mental
Portuguese, adjective/mẽˈtaw/
mental is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mental is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “mental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é relativo à mente”.
What does mental mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é relativo à mente 2. que se faz em pensamento; que se elabora em abstrato, sem expressão oral ou escrita 3. que é relativo ao funcionamento do cérebro
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente ao queixo, ao mento
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 mental
- mentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mental?
- Brazil /mẽˈtaw/
- Brazil [mẽˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /mẽˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mental in Portuguese?
mental appears 29 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).