nupcial
Portuguese, adjective/nu.pi.siˈaw/
nupcial is spelled N-U-P-C-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nupcial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relacionado a núpcias”.
What does nupcial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relacionado a núpcias:
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 nupcial
- nupciais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nupcial?
- Brazil /nu.pi.siˈaw/
- Brazil [nu.pi.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /nu.piˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nupcial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nupcial in Portuguese?
nupcial 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).