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atemporal

Portuguese, adjective/a.tẽ.poˈɾaw/

atemporal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “atemporal (unaffected by time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fora do domínio do tempo; que não se enquadra em tempo algum; que não pertence a um tempo específico”.

What does atemporal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineatemporal (unaffected by time)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. fora do domínio do tempo; que não se enquadra em tempo algum; que não pertence a um tempo específico 2. que não tem a existência do tempo, acrônico 3. diz-se da forma verbal que não indica tempo: o presente simples do indicativo, o imperativo e o infinitivo

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of atemporal

  • atemporais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce atemporal?

  • Brazil /a.tẽ.poˈɾaw/
  • Brazil [a.tẽ.poˈɾaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ɐ.tẽ.puˈɾal/

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

English words that translate to atemporal

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

How common is atemporal in Portuguese?

atemporal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

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