improbidade
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.pɾo.biˈda.d͡ʒi/
improbidade is spelled I-M-P-R-O-B-I-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improbidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dishonesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desonestidade”.
What does improbidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedishonesty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desonestidade 2. corrupção 3. imoralidade 4. enriquecimento ilícito
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 improbidade
- improbidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improbidade?
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾo.biˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɾu.biˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [ĩ.pɾu.βiˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is improbidade in Portuguese?
improbidade appears 1.4 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).