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PL

Portuguese, noun/ˌpeˈɛ.li/

PL is spelled P-L (2 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PL is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “initialism of projeto de lei (“bill”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does PL mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineinitialism of projeto de lei (“bill”)

  2. 2

    masculineinitialism of patrimônio líquido (“equity”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Partido Liberal, extinto 2. Partido Liberal, antigo PR (Partido da República) 3. Partido Libertador, extinto 4. projeto de lei

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 PL

  • PLs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce PL?

  • Brazil /ˌpeˈɛ.li/
  • Portugal /ˌpeˈɛ.lɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is PL in Portuguese?

PL appears 12 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).

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