ímpio
Portuguese, adjective
ímpio is spelled Í-M-P-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ímpio is a Portuguese adjective meaning “godless (not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, impio is a different word: “cruel, inhuman, barbaric”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que despreza a religião, não tem fé”.
What does ímpio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
godless (not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god)
- 2
ungodly (not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings)
adjective
- 1
cruel, inhuman, barbaric
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que despreza a religião, não tem fé 2. que caracteriza impiedade 3. que não perdoa; inexorável, insensível 4. que ofende a moral, a justiça, etc
noun: 1. pessoa ímpia; incrédulo, herético
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 ímpio
- impia feminine
- impios masculine plural
- impias feminine plural
- ímpia feminine
- ímpios masculine plural
- ímpias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ímpio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ímpio in Portuguese?
ímpio appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).