tropical
Portuguese, adjective/tɾo.piˈkaw/
tropical is spelled T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,752nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropical is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “tropical (of or relating to the tropics)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “do trópico”.
What does tropical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinetropical (of or relating to the tropics)
- 2
femininemasculinetropical (from or similar to a hod humid climate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. do trópico 2. relativo aos trópicos
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 tropical
- tropicais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tropical?
- Brazil /tɾo.piˈkaw/
- Brazil [tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /tɾu.piˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tropical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tropical in Portuguese?
tropical appears 11 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).