impassível
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.paˈsi.vew/
impassível is spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-Í-V-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impassível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “impassive, impassible (having or revealing no emotion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não é suscetível de padecer”.
What does impassível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineimpassive, impassible (having or revealing no emotion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não é suscetível de padecer 2. imperturbável 3. sereno; indiferente
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 impassível
- impassíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impassível?
- Brazil /ĩ.paˈsi.vew/
- Brazil [ĩ.paˈsi.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /ĩ.pɐˈsi.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impassível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impassível in Portuguese?
impassível appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).