regular
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.ɡuˈlaʁ/
regular is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to regulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sujeitar a regras”.
What does regular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineregular
- 2
femininemasculineaverage
verb
- 1
to regulate
- 2
to tune (an engine)
- 3
to set (a watch, clock)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que ocorre em intervalos igualmente espaçados de tempo ou espaço 2. diz-se de um verbo, substantivo, adjetivo, etc que segue os padrões usuais de flexão da língua 3. que não varia 4. normal
verb: 1. sujeitar a regras 2. dirigir, encaminhar conforme a lei 3. regulamentar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo regular 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo regular 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo regular 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo regular
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 regular
- regulares plural
- mais regular comparative
- o mais regular superlative
- regularíssimo superlative
- regulo first-person present singular
- regulei first-person preterite singular
- regulado participle past
- regularmos first-person infinitive plural
- regulardes infinitive plural second-person
- regularem infinitive plural third-person
- regulando gerund
- regulados masculine participle past
- regulada feminine participle past
- reguladas feminine participle past
- regulas indicative present second-person
- regula indicative present singular
- regulamos first-person indicative plural
- regulais indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regular?
- Brazil /ʁe.ɡuˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [he.ɡuˈlah]
- /ʁe.ɡuˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to regular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regular in Portuguese?
regular appears 27 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).