permeável
Portuguese, adjective/peʁ.meˈa.vew/
permeável is spelled P-E-R-M-E-Á-V-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Permeável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “permeable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se daquilo que pode ser permeado”.
What does permeável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquilo que pode ser permeado
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 permeável
- permeáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce permeável?
- Brazil /peʁ.meˈa.vew/
- Brazil [peɦ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
- Brazil /peʁ.miˈa.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to permeável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is permeável in Portuguese?
permeável appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).