vital
Portuguese, adjective/viˈtaw/
vital is spelled V-I-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vital is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo à vida”.
What does vital mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
- 2
femininemasculinevital (necessary to the continuation of life)
- 3
femininemasculinevital (very important)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à vida 2. de suma importância
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 vital
- vitais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vital?
- Brazil /viˈtaw/
- Brazil [viˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /viˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vital in Portuguese?
vital appears 14 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).