mortal
Portuguese, noun/moʁˈtaw/
mortal is spelled M-O-R-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mortal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a mortal, a human (someone susceptible to death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o homem”.
What does mortal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesusceptible to death; mortal
- 2
femininemasculineprone to cause death; deadly; lethal; fatal
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea mortal, a human (someone susceptible to death)
- 2
femininemasculinea somersault
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está sujeito à morte 2. que causa a morte
noun: 1. o homem
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 mortal
- mortais plural
- mais mortal comparative
- o mais mortal superlative
- mortalíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mortal?
- Brazil /moʁˈtaw/
- Brazil [mohˈtaʊ̯]
- /moɾˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mortal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mortal in Portuguese?
mortal appears 14 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).