importunar

/ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ/

//ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“importunar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,342 among 1,526 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,342
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,526
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - causar importunação; enfadar, aborrecer, incomodar, irritar

Key facts for importunar
PropertyValue
Headwordimportunar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,342
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “importunar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). importunar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

importunar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,342 among 1,526 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "causar importunação; enfadar, aborrecer, incomodar, irritar".

Zero misspellings are on record for importunar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is importunar, spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-U-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    causar importunação; enfadar, aborrecer, incomodar, irritar

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "importunar"?
"importunar" is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-U-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "importunar" mean?
As a verb, "importunar" means: causar importunação; enfadar, aborrecer, incomodar, irritar
How do you pronounce "importunar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "importunar" is /ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "importunar" come from?
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Using “importunar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-M-P-O-R-T-U-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ĩ.puɾ.tu.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list