qual
Portuguese, determiner/ˈkwaw/
qual is spelled Q-U-A-L (4 letters) and appears 708 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qual is a Portuguese feminine determiner meaning “which” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does qual mean in English?
determiner
- 1
femininemasculinewhich
pronoun
- 1
femininemasculinewhich (what one)
Qual é maior?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. quem, que; o pronome qual enfatiza a eleição entre várias possibilidades
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 qual
- quais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qual?
- Brazil /ˈkwaw/
- Brazil [ˈkwaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈkwal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to qual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is qual in Portuguese?
qual appears 708 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).