tal
Portuguese, determiner/ˈtaw/
tal is spelled T-A-L (3 letters) and appears 245 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 374th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tal is a Portuguese feminine determiner meaning “such” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tal mean in English?
determiner
- 1
femininemasculinesuch
noun
- 1
femininemasculineone
Percebi que ele era o tal.
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineused to express that somebody doesn't know or care about a person being talked about
Um tal de John estava te procurando.
pronoun
- 1
femininemasculinesuch-and-such (generic placeholder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. igual, semelhante
pronoun: 1. aquele, aquilo, esse, este, isso, isto 2. usado depois de um substantivo, substitui um nome ou uma informação que não se quer ou não se pode mencionar, ou que se pretende generalizar
noun: 1. aquele de maior importância, relevância
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 tal
- tais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tal?
- Brazil /ˈtaw/
- Brazil [ˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tal in Portuguese?
tal appears 245 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).