tribal
Portuguese, adjective/tɾiˈbaw/
tribal is spelled T-R-I-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “tribal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referente a tribo; relativo ou pertencente a tribo”.
What does tribal mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente a tribo; relativo ou pertencente a tribo 2. tudo que diz respeito ao comportamento de grupos urbanos que buscam nas formas primitivas de expressão uma identidade comum 3. diz-se de grupos que, mesmo não sendo classificados como tribos, apresentam suas características
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 tribal
- tribais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribal?
- Brazil /tɾiˈbaw/
- Brazil [tɾiˈbaʊ̯]
- Portugal /tɾiˈbal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tribal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribal in Portuguese?
tribal appears 3.6 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).