ocasional
Portuguese, adjective/o.ka.zi.oˈnaw/
ocasional is spelled O-C-A-S-I-O-N-A-L (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocasional is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “occasional (limited to certain occasions; not occurring very often)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que não é frequente”.
What does ocasional mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineoccasional (limited to certain occasions; not occurring very often)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquilo que não é frequente. 2. algo que acontece de vez em quando, casual.
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 ocasional
- ocasionais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocasional?
- Brazil /o.ka.zi.oˈnaw/
- Brazil [o.ka.zi.oˈnaʊ̯]
- Brazil /o.ka.zjoˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ocasional
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocasional in Portuguese?
ocasional appears 2.4 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).