impertinência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
impertinência is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impertinência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “impertinence; irrelevance (lack of pertinence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou estado de impertinente”.
What does impertinência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimpertinence; irrelevance (lack of pertinence)
- 2
feminineimpertinence; insolence (lack of due respect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade ou estado de impertinente 2. rabugice
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 impertinência
- impertinências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impertinência?
- Brazil /ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [ĩ.peh.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ]
- /ĩ.peɾ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impertinência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impertinência in Portuguese?
impertinência appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).