impedimento
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.pe.d͡ʒiˈmẽ.tu/
impedimento is spelled I-M-P-E-D-I-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impedimento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “impediment (that which impedes progress)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que impede”.
What does impedimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpediment (that which impedes progress)
- 2
masculineimpeachment
- 3
Brazilmasculineoffside (illegal position ahead of the ball)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquilo que impede 2. estorvo 3. obstáculo 4. falta em que o atacante que participa de jogada está mais próximo à linha de fundo do campo oponente que um dos dois últimos jogadores adversários no momento em que a bola é-lhe lançada
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 impedimento
- impedimentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impedimento?
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.d͡ʒiˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɨ.diˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal [ĩ.pɨ.ðiˈmẽ.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impedimento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impedimento in Portuguese?
impedimento appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).