radical
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.d͡ʒiˈkaw/
radical is spelled R-A-D-I-C-A-L (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radical is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stem (main part of a word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro de um partido político radical; radicalista”.
What does radical mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestem (main part of a word)
- 2
masculineradicial (portion of a character)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineradical (person holding unorthodox views)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineradical (favouring fundamental change)
- 2
femininemasculinedrastic; extreme
- 3
femininemasculineslangexcellent; awesome; thrilling
- 4
femininemasculineextreme (dangerous)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a raiz 2. relativo à essência de algo 3. relativo à raiz de uma palavra 4. relativo à extração da raiz de um número
noun: 1. membro de um partido político radical; radicalista
noun: 1. entidade molecular que possui um ou vários elétrons não emparelhados 2. a raiz ou parte invariável de uma palavra, por oposição às diferentes terminações ou desinências que esta palavra pode receber 3. símbolo da raiz quadrada
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 radical
- radicais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce radical?
- Brazil /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈkaw/
- Brazil [ha.d͡ʒiˈkaʊ̯]
- /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈkaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to radical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is radical in Portuguese?
radical appears 16 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).