real
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈaw/
real is spelled R-E-A-L (4 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Real is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a real number” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade monetária adotada no Brasil desde 1994; abreviação: R$”.
What does real mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinetrue, real
- 2
femininemasculinethat has physical existence; real
- 3
femininemasculinebeing a member of the set of real numbers; real
noun
- 1
masculinea real number
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininetruth (conformity to fact or reality)
Estou falando a real.
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineroyal; regal
- 2
femininemasculinehaving the air or demeanour of a monarch; regal
noun
- 1
masculinereal (unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994)
- 2
masculinereal (unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies between 1430 and 1911 and in Brazil between 1790 and 1942)
- 3
masculinereal (former unit of currency used in Spain and its colonies)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que de fato existe, isto é, não é imaginário 2. do monarca
noun: 1. unidade monetária adotada no Brasil desde 1994; abreviação: R$ 2. antiga unidade monetária do Brasil (note que o plural nesta acepção era "réis")
noun: 1. factualidade
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 real
- reais plural
- mais real comparative
- o mais real superlative
- realíssimo superlative
- rial alternative
- réis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce real?
- Brazil /ʁeˈaw/
- Brazil [heˈaʊ̯]
- /ʁeˈaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to real
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is real in Portuguese?
real appears 204 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).