pedal
Portuguese, noun/peˈdaw/
pedal is spelled P-E-D-A-L (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça mecânica de certas máquinas ou aparelhos (automóvel, máquina de costura etc.) acionada com o pé”.
What does pedal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesynonym of podal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça mecânica de certas máquinas ou aparelhos (automóvel, máquina de costura etc.) acionada com o pé 2. acessório com finalidade específica em alguns instrumentos, acionado com pé
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 pedal
- pedais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedal?
- Brazil /peˈdaw/
- Brazil [peˈdaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɨˈdal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedal in Portuguese?
pedal appears 2.2 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).