racial
Portuguese, adjective/ʁa.siˈaw/
racial is spelled R-A-C-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Racial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “race (of people); racial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a raça”.
What does racial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerace (of people); racial
- 2
femininemasculinerace or subspecies (of a population); racial
- 3
femininemasculinebreed (of animal); racial
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a raça
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 racial
- raciais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce racial?
- Brazil /ʁa.siˈaw/
- Brazil [ha.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ʁaˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to racial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is racial in Portuguese?
racial appears 9.8 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).