modular
Portuguese, verb/mo.duˈlaʁ/
modular is spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to modulate (to regulate, adjust or adapt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantar, tocar, ler ou dizer com inflexões variadas da voz ou mudando de tom”.
What does modular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemodular (consisting of modules)
verb
- 1
to modulate (to regulate, adjust or adapt)
- 2
to modulate (to change the pitch, intensity or tone of one’s voice or of a musical instrument)
- 3
to modulate (to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se dispõe em módulos 2. separável 3. referente a módulo
verb: 1. cantar, tocar, ler ou dizer com inflexões variadas da voz ou mudando de tom 2. cantar, tocar ou dizer segundo as regras da melodia
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 modular
- modulares plural
- modulo first-person present singular
- modulei first-person preterite singular
- modulado participle past
- modularmos first-person infinitive plural
- modulardes infinitive plural second-person
- modularem infinitive plural third-person
- modulando gerund
- modulados masculine participle past
- modulada feminine participle past
- moduladas feminine participle past
- modulas indicative present second-person
- modula indicative present singular
- modulamos first-person indicative plural
- modulais indicative plural present
- modulam indicative plural present
- modulava first-person imperfect indicative
- modulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modular?
- Brazil /mo.duˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [mo.duˈlah]
- Brazil /mo.duˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modular in Portuguese?
modular appears 1.7 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).