impessoal
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.pe.soˈaw/
impessoal is spelled I-M-P-E-S-S-O-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impessoal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “impersonal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não pertence ou se refere a uma pessoa em particular”.
What does impessoal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineimpersonal
- 2
femininemasculineimpersonal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não pertence ou se refere a uma pessoa em particular
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 impessoal
- impessoais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impessoal?
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.soˈaw/
- Brazil [ĩ.pe.soˈaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ĩ.pɨˈswal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impessoal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impessoal in Portuguese?
impessoal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).