popular
Portuguese, noun/po.puˈlaʁ/
popular is spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 824th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Popular is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “civilian (a person who is not working in the police or armed forces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does popular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepopular (liked by many people)
Esse sabor de sorvete é popular nessa região.
- 2
femininemasculinepopular (relating to the general public)
Eles estudam a cultura popular.
- 3
femininemasculinepopular (aimed at ordinary people)
Um livro popular de programação.
- 4
femininemasculinepopular; affordable
Moradia popular.
- 5
femininemasculinedemocratic (involving the participation of the general public)
Voto popular.
noun
- 1
masculinecivilian (a person who is not working in the police or armed forces)
Populares ajudaram a encontrar o fugitivo.
noun
- 1
femininecheap accommodation
verb
- 1
to populate (to add initial data to [a database])
- 2
rareto populate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. do povo 2. algo bastante conhecido ou benquisto em meio a uma determinada comunidade 3. comum a todos 4. democrático
verb: 1. o mesmo que povoar
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 popular
- populares plural
- populo first-person present singular
- populei first-person preterite singular
- populado participle past
- popularmos first-person infinitive plural
- populardes infinitive plural second-person
- popularem infinitive plural third-person
- populando gerund
- populados masculine participle past
- populada feminine participle past
- populadas feminine participle past
- populas indicative present second-person
- popula indicative present singular
- populamos first-person indicative plural
- populais indicative plural present
- populam indicative plural present
- populava first-person imperfect indicative
- populavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce popular?
- Brazil /po.puˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [po.puˈlah]
- /po.puˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to popular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is popular in Portuguese?
popular appears 117 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).