naval
Portuguese, adjective/naˈvaw/
naval is spelled N-A-V-A-L (5 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naval is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “naval” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a navios”.
What does naval 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 navios 2. relativo a navegação 3. náutico
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 naval
- navais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naval?
- Brazil /naˈvaw/
- Brazil [naˈvaʊ̯]
- Portugal /nɐˈval/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to naval
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naval in Portuguese?
naval appears 8.1 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).