til
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃiw/
til is spelled T-I-L (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Til is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tilde, a diacritic (˜). Used in Portuguese to indicate a nasal vowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando…”.
What does til mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetilde, a diacritic (˜). Used in Portuguese to indicate a nasal vowel.
- 2
masculinetrifle (something of little importance or worth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...) 2. espécie de árvore da família das lauráceas nativa dos Açores e Madeira com cheiro desagradável (Ocotea foetens) 3. tília, género/gênero de árvores da família Malvaceae 4. bagatela, ninharia, algo insignificante
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 til
- tis plural
- tiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce til?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃiw/
- Brazil [ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈtil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to til
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is til in Portuguese?
til appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).