ignoto
Portuguese, adjective/i.ɡiˈno.tu/
ignoto is spelled I-G-N-O-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ignoto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unknown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desconhecido”.
What does ignoto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unknown
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desconhecido 2. obscuro 3. humilde
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 ignoto
- ignota feminine
- ignotos masculine plural
- ignotas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ignoto?
- Brazil /i.ɡiˈno.tu/
- Brazil /iɡˈno.tu/
- Portugal /iɡˈno.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ignoto in Portuguese?
ignoto appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).