parental
Portuguese, adjective/pa.ɾẽˈtaw/
parental is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-A-L (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parental is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “parent; parental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo aos pais (as pessoas que criam um filho)”.
What does parental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineparent; parental
- 2
femininemasculinerelative (relating to familial relations)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos pais (as pessoas que criam um filho)
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 parental
- parentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parental?
- Brazil /pa.ɾẽˈtaw/
- Brazil [pa.ɾẽˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾẽˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parental in Portuguese?
parental appears 1.8 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).