rival
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈvaw/
rival is spelled R-I-V-A-L (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rival is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rival (competitor with the same objective)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa rival”.
What does rival mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerival (competitor with the same objective)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerival (standing in competition)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que rivaliza 2. que aspira às mesmas vantagens que outrem 3. que equivale em merecimento que outrem 4. competidor
noun: 1. pessoa rival
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 rival
- rivais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rival?
- Brazil /ʁiˈvaw/
- Brazil [hiˈvaʊ̯]
- /ʁiˈvaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rival
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rival in Portuguese?
rival 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).