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portal

Portuguese, noun/poʁˈtaw/

portal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “portal, doorway, gateway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na internet, centro aglomerador e distribuidor de conteúdo para uma série de outros sites ou subsites”.

What does portal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineportal, doorway, gateway

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. na internet, centro aglomerador e distribuidor de conteúdo para uma série de outros sites ou subsites 2. a entrada para um edifício 3. porta maior 4. abertura para passagem em um muro, valado ou sebe

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 portal

  • portais plural

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

How do you pronounce portal?

  • Brazil /poʁˈtaw/
  • Brazil [pohˈtaʊ̯]
  • /poɾˈtaw/

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

English words that translate to portal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is portal in Portuguese?

portal appears 58 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).