tribunal
Portuguese, noun/tɾi.buˈnaw/
tribunal is spelled T-R-I-B-U-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 120 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribunal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “court” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local onde são debatidas e julgadas questões judiciais”.
What does tribunal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourt
- 2
masculinetribunal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local onde são debatidas e julgadas questões judiciais 2. jurisdição de uma entidade moral que é tida como juiz 3. jurisdição de um ou de vários magistrados que julgam simultaneamente 4. na Roma antiga, era o local destinado ao julgamento e à administração da justiça; estrado onde se sentavam os juízes
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 tribunal
- tribunais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribunal?
- Brazil /tɾi.buˈnaw/
- Brazil [tɾi.buˈnaʊ̯]
- Portugal /tɾi.buˈnal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tribunal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribunal in Portuguese?
tribunal appears 120 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).