impensável
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.pẽˈsa.vew/
impensável is spelled I-M-P-E-N-S-Á-V-E-L (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impensável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “unimaginable; unthinkable (unable to be imagined)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não pode ser pensado; inconcebível; inimaginável”.
What does impensável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineunimaginable; unthinkable (unable to be imagined)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não pode ser pensado; inconcebível; inimaginável 2. que ultrapassa os limites do possível ou do aceitável
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 impensável
- impensáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impensável?
- Brazil /ĩ.pẽˈsa.vew/
- Brazil [ĩ.pẽˈsa.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /ĩ.pẽˈsa.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 impensável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impensável in Portuguese?
impensável appears 1.5 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).