variável
Portuguese, noun/va.ɾiˈa.vew/
variável is spelled V-A-R-I-Á-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variável is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “variable (something able to vary)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento de um programa que armazena valores”.
What does variável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevariable (able to vary)
noun
- 1
femininevariable (something able to vary)
- 2
femininevariable (named memory location)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. inconstante 2. flexivo 3. que varia ou pode variar
noun: 1. elemento de um programa que armazena valores 2. elemento de uma função que pode assumir diferentes valores
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 variável
- variáveis plural
- mais variável comparative
- o mais variável superlative
- variabilíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce variável?
- Brazil /va.ɾiˈa.vew/
- Brazil [va.ɾiˈa.veʊ̯]
- Brazil /vaˈɾja.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to variável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is variável in Portuguese?
variável appears 7.8 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).