usual
Portuguese, adjective/u.zuˈaw/
usual is spelled U-S-U-A-L (5 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usual is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “usual (most commonly occurring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se usa habitualmente; que é habitual, costumado”.
What does usual 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. que se usa habitualmente; que é habitual, costumado
noun: 1. o habitual, o que é costume
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 usual
- usuais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce usual?
- Brazil /u.zuˈaw/
- Brazil [u.zuˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /uˈzwaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to usual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usual in Portuguese?
usual appears 5.4 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).