impostor
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.posˈtoʁ/
impostor is spelled I-M-P-O-S-T-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impostor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “impostor (someone who uses a false identity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que finge ser o que ou quem não é”.
What does impostor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpostor (someone who uses a false identity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que finge ser o que ou quem não é
noun: 1. aquele que finge ser o que ou quem não é.
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 impostor
- impostores plural
- impostora feminine
- impostoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impostor?
- Brazil /ĩ.posˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [ĩ.posˈtoh]
- /ĩ.posˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impostor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impostor in Portuguese?
impostor appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).