temporal
Portuguese, noun/tẽ.poˈɾaw/
temporal is spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temporal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “downpour; heavy rain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande chuva, tempestade”.
What does temporal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinetemporal (relating to time)
- 2
femininemasculinesecular
noun
- 1
masculinedownpour; heavy rain
noun
- 1
masculinetemporal bone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao tempo 2. profano
noun: 1. grande chuva, tempestade 2. caso gramatical usado para indicar o tempo; em português, uma equivalência seria dada pelas frases: no tempo do Natal; por volta da meia-noite 3. osso craniano par, da zona lateral da cabeça que corresponde às têmporas e à zona do ouvido
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 temporal
- temporais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temporal?
- Brazil /tẽ.poˈɾaw/
- Brazil [tẽ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /tẽ.puˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to temporal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is temporal in Portuguese?
temporal appears 8.7 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).