total
Portuguese, noun/toˈtaw/
total is spelled T-O-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Total is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “total (amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “por inteiro”.
What does total mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecomplete; entire (to the greatest extent)
- 2
femininemasculinetotal (relating to the whole of something)
A quantidade total de livros nesta biblioteca é mais de um milhão.
noun
- 1
masculinetotal (amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts)
O total de livros nesta biblioteca é mais de um milhão.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se refere ao todo
interjection: 1. expressa sim
noun: 1. por inteiro 2. soma 3. totalidade
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 total
- totais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce total?
- Brazil /toˈtaw/
- Brazil [toˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /tuˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to total
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is total in Portuguese?
total appears 174 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).