modal
Portuguese, noun/moˈdaw/
modal is spelled M-O-D-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “method of transportation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does modal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemodal (all senses)
noun
- 1
masculinemethod of transportation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao modo ou modalidade 2. relativo ao modo do verbo 3. diz-se de certos verbos auxiliares 4. referente ao modo
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 modal
- modais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modal?
- Brazil /moˈdaw/
- Brazil [moˈdaʊ̯]
- Portugal /muˈdal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is modal in Portuguese?
modal 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).