miserável
Portuguese, adjective
miserável is spelled M-I-S-E-R-Á-V-E-L (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miserável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “miserable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, miseravel is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “digno de compaixão; lastimável, deplorável, miserando, mísero”.
What does miserável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemiserable
- 2
femininemasculinewretched
- 3
femininemasculinemiserly
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of miserável
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of miserável
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. digno de compaixão; lastimável, deplorável, miserando, mísero 2. malvado, perverso, cruel, que não presta, de má índole
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 miserável
- miseráveis plural
- miseravel alternative
- miseraveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to miserável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miserável in Portuguese?
miserável appears 5.1 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).