similar
Portuguese, adjective/si.miˈlaʁ/
similar is spelled S-I-M-I-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Similar is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “similar (having traits or characteristics in common)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é da mesma natureza”.
What does similar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesimilar (having traits or characteristics in common)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é da mesma natureza 2. homogêneo 3. parecido 4. semelhante
noun: 1. aquilo que é similarᵃᵈʲ
verb: 1. o mesmo que semelhar
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 similar
- similares plural
- similando gerund
- similado participle
- similo singular first-person indicative
- similas singular second-person indicative
- simila singular third-person indicative
- similamos plural first-person indicative
- similais plural second-person indicative
- similam plural third-person indicative
- similava singular first-person indicative
- similavas singular second-person indicative
- similávamos plural first-person indicative
- similáveis plural second-person indicative
- similavam plural third-person indicative
- similei singular first-person indicative
- similaste singular second-person indicative
- similou singular third-person indicative
- similamos¹ / similámos² plural first-person indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce similar?
- Brazil /si.miˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [si.miˈlah]
- /si.miˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to similar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is similar in Portuguese?
similar appears 23 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).