papal
Portuguese, adjective/paˈpaw/
papal is spelled P-A-P-A-L (5 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “papal (related to the pope or papacy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao papa”.
What does papal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepapal (related to the pope or papacy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao papa
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 papal
- papais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papal?
- Brazil /paˈpaw/
- Brazil [paˈpaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɐˈpal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papal in Portuguese?
papal 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).