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From Latin aequālis.

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

igual (plural iguals)

1. equal

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

From Latin aequālis.

igual (epicene, plural iguales)

1. equal

• desigual

igual m (plural iguales)

1. equals sign

Inherited from Latin aequālis.

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

igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguals)

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

• desigual
• igualar
• igualment
• igualtat

igual m or f by sense (plural iguals)

1. equal

igual m (plural iguals)

1. equals sign (=)

• “igual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• igoal, ingual

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

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: i‧gual

igual m or f (plural iguais)

1. equal

   Antonym: desigual

• igualmente

igual m or f by sense (plural iguais)

1. equal

igual m (plural iguais)

1. equals sign

igual

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

   Synonyms: quizais, se cadra

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “igual”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “igual”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

From Portuguese igual.

igual

1. equal
2. same

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

• egual (pre-standardization spelling)

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

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: i‧gual

igual m or f (plural iguais, comparable)

1. equal

   Antonyms: desigual, diferente

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

igual (not comparable)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic) 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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

igual m (plural iguais)

1. equals sign

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Inherited from Old Spanish igual~egual (both common in the 13th century),^[1] from Latin aequālis.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 (lyrics and music), “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.

• “igual”, 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