vocal
Portuguese, noun/voˈkaw/
vocal is spelled V-O-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vocal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vocalist (singer in a band)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vocal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevocal (of or relating to the voice or speech)
- 2
femininemasculinevocal (uttered or modulated by the voice)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinevocalist (singer in a band)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à voz
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 vocal
- vocais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocal?
- Brazil /voˈkaw/
- Brazil [voˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /vuˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vocal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocal in Portuguese?
vocal appears 7.6 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).