importuno
Spanish, adjective
importuno is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-U-N-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Importuno is a Spanish adjective meaning “inopportune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of importunar. With an accent, importunó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of importunar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que causa importunidad”.
What does importuno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inopportune
- 2
annoying
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of importunar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of importunar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que causa importunidad. 2. Inoportuno
noun: 1. La persona que importuna.
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 importuno
- importuna feminine
- importunos masculine plural
- importunas feminine plural
- importunísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is importuno in Spanish?
importuno appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).