nacional
Portuguese, adjective/na.si.oˈnaw/
nacional is spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 437 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 213th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nacional is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “national” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a nação e/ou que a representa”.
What does nacional 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. relativo a nação e/ou que a representa 2. que nasceu naquela nação ou país 3. produzido naquele país 4. relativo à União (governo nacional)
noun: 1. aquele que nasceu numa nação ou país ou adquiriu a respectiva nacionalidade
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 nacional
- nacionais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nacional?
- Brazil /na.si.oˈnaw/
- Brazil [na.si.oˈnaʊ̯]
- Brazil /na.sjoˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nacional
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nacional in Portuguese?
nacional appears 437 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).