verbal
Portuguese, adjective/veʁˈbaw/
verbal is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “verbal, oral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao verbo”.
What does verbal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineverbal, oral
- 2
femininemasculineverbal (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao verbo 2. relacionado às palavras 3. expresso através de palavras
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 verbal
- verbais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbal?
- Brazil /veʁˈbaw/
- Brazil [veɦˈbaʊ̯]
- /veɾˈbaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbal in Portuguese?
verbal 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).