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impertinente

Spanish, adjective/impeɾtiˈnente/

impertinente is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impertinente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “impertinent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplicado a personas que importunan con sus palabras o actos, porque están fuera de lugar o porque son…”.

What does impertinente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineimpertinent

  2. 2

    femininemasculinecheeky

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Aplicado a personas que importunan con sus palabras o actos, porque están fuera de lugar o porque son molestos. 2. Aplicado a cosas, palabras, actos o comportamientos molestos o inoportunos. 3. Que no concierne o no guarda relación con lo expuesto. 4. Que se enfada o irrita con facilidad o pide favores fuera del alcance de las posibilidades.

noun: 1. Anteojos apoyados en un soporte vertical, utilizado éste para sostenerlos con una mano.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of impertinente

  • impertinentes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce impertinente?

  • /impeɾtiˈnente/
  • [ĩm.peɾ.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
  • [ĩmpeɾt̪iˈnẽn̪t̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to impertinente

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is impertinente in Spanish?

impertinente appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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