val
Portuguese, noun/ˈvaw/
val is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “apocopic form of vale (“valley”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma apocopada de vale”.
What does val mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapocopic form of vale (“valley”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma apocopada de vale
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 val
- vales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce val?
- Brazil /ˈvaw/
- Brazil [ˈvaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈval/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is val in Portuguese?
val appears 5.8 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).