imponente
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.poˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
imponente is spelled I-M-P-O-N-E-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imponente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “imposing (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grandioso, majestoso”.
What does imponente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineimposing (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. grandioso, majestoso 2. arrogante, altivo
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 imponente
- imponentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imponente?
- Brazil /ĩ.poˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ĩ.puˈnẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /ĩ.pu.ˈnẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imponente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imponente in Portuguese?
imponente appears 3.0 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).