ímpeto
Portuguese, noun
ímpeto is spelled Í-M-P-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ímpeto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “impetus (a stimulating factor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, impeto is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impulso”.
What does ímpeto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpetus (a stimulating factor)
- 2
masculineimpetus (force that impels)
- 3
masculinea sudden, harsh movement
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ímpeto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. impulso 2. movimento acelerado e violento 3. ardor com que se atua
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 ímpeto
- impetos plural
- ímpetos plural
- impeto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ímpeto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ímpeto in Portuguese?
ímpeto appears 2.0 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).