"principal" meaning in Portuguese

See principal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɾĩ.siˈpaw/ [Brazil], [pɾĩ.siˈpaʊ̯] [Brazil], /pɾĩ.siˈpal/ [Portugal], [pɾĩ.siˈpaɫ] [Portugal], /pɾĩ.siˈpal/ [Portugal], [pɾĩ.siˈpaɫ] [Portugal], /pɾĩ.siˈpa.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: principais [plural]
Rhymes: -al, -aw Etymology: From Latin principālis (“first; principal”), from prīncipium (“beginning”). Etymology templates: {{uder|pt|la|principālis|t=first; principal}} Latin principālis (“first; principal”) Head templates: {{pt-adj}} principal m or f (plural principais)
  1. main; principal (most important) Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: primário
    Sense id: en-principal-pt-adj-A5etxe5W
  2. fundamental; essential Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-principal-pt-adj-17txxBHR Synonyms: capital, crítico, crucial, essencial, fundamental, necessário, notável, precípuo, primacial, primordial, relevante, significativo
  3. (astronomy, of a heavenly body) having another body orbiting it Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: primário
    Sense id: en-principal-pt-adj-Wk6-4PHw Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. (grammar, of a sentence) not subordinate Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-principal-pt-adj--8FirmYM Categories (other): Grammar, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese undefined derivations, Occupations Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 2 18 20 47 12 Disambiguation of Portuguese undefined derivations: 3 26 19 36 15 Disambiguation of Occupations: 0 11 20 44 26 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: principalmente

Noun

IPA: /pɾĩ.siˈpaw/ [Brazil], [pɾĩ.siˈpaʊ̯] [Brazil], /pɾĩ.siˈpal/ [Portugal], [pɾĩ.siˈpaɫ] [Portugal], /pɾĩ.siˈpal/ [Portugal], [pɾĩ.siˈpaɫ] [Portugal], /pɾĩ.siˈpa.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: principais [plural]
Rhymes: -al, -aw Etymology: From Latin principālis (“first; principal”), from prīncipium (“beginning”). Etymology templates: {{uder|pt|la|principālis|t=first; principal}} Latin principālis (“first; principal”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} principal m (plural principais)
  1. prelate of a religious, educational or commercial institution Tags: masculine Synonyms: diretor, prelado Related terms: principalidade, príncipe, princípio
    Sense id: en-principal-pt-noun-sjeXuVGl

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Portuguese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.