opcional

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.si.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [op.si.oˈnal]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Adjective

opcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural opcionals)

1. optional

Further reading

• “opcional”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “opcional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “opcional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “opcional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.pi.si.oˈnaw/ [o.pi.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.pi.sjoˈnaw/ [o.pi.sjoˈnaʊ̯], /op.si.oˈnaw/ [op.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /op.sjoˈnaw/ [op.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.pi.si.oˈnaw/ [o.pi.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.pi.sjoˈnaw/ [o.pi.sjoˈnaʊ̯], /op.si.oˈnaw/ [op.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /op.sjoˈnaw/ [op.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /op.si.oˈnaw/ [op.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /op.sjoˈnaw/ [op.sjoˈnaʊ̯], /o.pi.si.oˈnaw/ [o.pi.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.pi.sjoˈnaw/ [o.pi.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.psjuˈnal/ [ɔ.psjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.psjuˈnal/ [ɔ.psjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.psjuˈna.li/

• Audio (Alentejo, Portugal):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: op‧ci‧o‧nal

Adjective

opcional m or f (plural opcionais, not comparable)

1. optional

   Synonym: optativo

Related terms

• opção
• optar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obθjoˈnal/ [oβ̞.θjoˈnal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /obsjoˈnal/ [oβ̞.sjoˈnal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: op‧cio‧nal

Adjective

opcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural opcionales)

1. optional

   Synonym: optativo

Derived terms

• opcionalmente

Related terms

• opción
• optar

Further reading

• “opcional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10