ritual
Portuguese, noun/ʁi.tuˈaw/
ritual is spelled R-I-T-U-A-L (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ritual is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ritual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de gestos, palavras e formalidades que integram certas cerimônias; cerimonial”.
What does ritual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineritual
noun
- 1
masculineritual
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz respeito a ritos:
noun: 1. conjunto de gestos, palavras e formalidades que integram certas cerimônias; cerimonial:
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 ritual
- rituais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ritual?
- Brazil /ʁi.tuˈaw/
- Brazil [hi.tuˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ʁiˈtwaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ritual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ritual in Portuguese?
ritual appears 13 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).