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trisal

Portuguese, noun/tɾiˈzaw/

trisal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “throuple (group of three people who in a polyamorous relationship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “três pessoas que vivem em um mesmo relacionamento amoroso e/ou sexual”.

What does trisal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculinethrouple (group of three people who in a polyamorous relationship)

  2. 2

    informalmasculinethree-way, threesome (sexual acts among three people)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. três pessoas que vivem em um mesmo relacionamento amoroso e/ou sexual

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 trisal

  • trisais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce trisal?

  • Brazil /tɾiˈzaw/
  • Brazil [tɾiˈzaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /tɾiˈzal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to trisal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is trisal in Portuguese?

trisal appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).