possível
Portuguese, adjective/poˈsi.vew/
possível is spelled P-O-S-S-Í-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears 234 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 392nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Possível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “possible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que pode ser”.
What does possível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepossible
Um erro possível.
- 2
femininemasculinepotential
Um possível erro.
- 3
femininemasculinelikely
- 4
femininemasculinefeasible
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pode ser
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 possível
- possíveis plural
- possivel alternative obsolete
- possive alternative Caipira pronunciation-spelling
- possíver alternative Caipira pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce possível?
- Brazil /poˈsi.vew/
- Brazil [poˈsi.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /puˈsi.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to possível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is possível in Portuguese?
possível appears 234 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).