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unilateral

Portuguese, adjective/u.ni.la.teˈɾaw/

unilateral is spelled U-N-I-L-A-T-E-R-A-L (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unilateral is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “unilateral (affecting only one side)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que vem de um só lado; relativo a um só lado”.

What does unilateral mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineunilateral (affecting only one side)

  2. 2

    femininemasculineone-sided; partial (biased in favour of one faction)

  3. 3

    femininemasculineunilateral (binding or affecting one party only)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que vem de um só lado; relativo a um só lado

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 unilateral

  • unilaterais plural

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

How do you pronounce unilateral?

  • Brazil /u.ni.la.teˈɾaw/
  • Brazil [u.ni.la.teˈɾaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /u.ni.lɐ.tɨˈɾal/

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

English words that translate to unilateral

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

How common is unilateral in Portuguese?

unilateral appears 2.6 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).

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