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semifinal

Portuguese, noun/ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/

semifinal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does semifinal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesemifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of semifinal

  • semifinais plural
  • semi-final alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce semifinal?

  • Brazil /ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/
  • Brazil [ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /sɨˌmi.fiˈnal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to semifinal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is semifinal in Portuguese?

semifinal appears 6.8 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).