igual

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/
• Syllabification: i‧gual
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

igual (plural iguals)

1. equal

References

• “igual”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aequālis.

Adjective

igual (epicene, plural iguales)

1. equal

Antonyms

• desigual

Noun

igual m (plural iguales)

1. equals sign

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [iˈɣwal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguals)

1. equal, the same
2. alike, similar
3. indifferent

Derived terms

• desigual
• igualar
• igualment
• igualtat

Noun

igual m or f by sense (plural iguals)

1. equal

Noun

igual m (plural iguals)

1. equals sign (=)

Further reading

• “igual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Alternative forms

• igoal, ingual

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wɑɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wɑɫ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /iˈħwal/ [iˈħwɑɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: i‧gual

Adjective

igual m or f (plural iguais)

1. equal

   Antonym: desigual

Derived terms

• igualmente

Noun

igual m or f by sense (plural iguais)

1. equal

Noun

igual m (plural iguais)

1. equals sign

Adverb

igual

1. in the same way; just like
2. maybe, perhaps

   Synonyms: quizais, se cadra

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “igual”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “igual”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “igual”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “igual”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “igual”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese igual.

Adjective

igual

1. equal
2. same

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• egual (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwaw/ [iˈɡwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwa.li/ [iˈɣwa.li]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: i‧gual

Adjective

igual m or f (plural iguais)

1. equal

   Antonyms: desigual, diferente

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Derived terms

• desigual
• igualdade
• igualíssimo (superlative)
• igualmente
• igualzão (augmentative)
• igualzinho, igualinho (diminutive)

Adverb

igual

1. like; just alike; similarly to

   Synonyms: feito, como

   Ele entrou no local furtivamente, igual a uma raposa. ― He entered the place furtively, just like a fox.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Noun

igual m (plural iguais)

1. equals sign

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Further reading

• “igual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish igual~egual (both common in the 13th century), from Latin aequālis. Cognate with English equal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: i‧gual

Adjective

igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguales)

1. equal, same

   Antonym: desigual

   Isidora es igual de alta que yo.

   Isidora is as tall as me.

   Me da igual si vienes o no vienes.

   It's the same to me whether you come by or don't.

2. identical, sharing the same characteristics

   Tu copia de la pintura te quedó igual.

   Your copy of the painting turned out the same.

3. level (surface)

   Han dejado el terreno de abajo igual para poder construir encima.

   They have levelled the terrain down there to build something on it.

4. maybe, perhaps (Idiomatic, Spain)

   Igual lo hago esta tarde.

   Maybe I do it this afternoon.

Derived terms

• a partes iguales
• al igual
• al igual que
• dar igual
• de igual a igual
• de igual modo
• igualado
• igualar
• igualito
• igualmente
• por igual
• por un igual
• ser igual
• signo igual

Related terms

• ecuador
• equi-
• equilibrio
• equivalente
• igualar
• igualdad

Noun

igual m or f by sense (plural iguales)

1. equal (a person or thing of equal status)

   No le hables así, como si fuera tu igual.

   Don't talk to her/him like that, as if s/he was your equal.

Noun

igual m (plural iguales)

1. equals sign

   Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea.

   You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line.

Adverb

igual

1. in the same way; just like

   La vio una vez, y ahora cocina la pasta igual.

   He saw her just once, and now he cooks pasta the same way.

   • 1974, Jeanette, “Porque te vas”:

     Junto a la estación hoy lloraré igual que un niño. Porque te vas

     Today, besides the station, I'm going to cry, just like a child. Because you're leaving.

2. regardless, anyway

   Le pedí y pedí el favor. Igual no quiso ayudarme.

   I asked him again and again for the favour. He didn't help us anyway.

3. (colloquial, Spain) maybe

   Synonym: quizá

   Esta noche igual van al teatro.

   Tonight maybe they’ll go to the cinema.

Derived terms

• grandes mentes piensan igual

Further reading

• “igual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025