improcedente
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.pɾo.seˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
improcedente is spelled I-M-P-R-O-C-E-D-E-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improcedente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “inappropriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não procede, sem fundamento”.
What does improcedente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinappropriate
- 2
femininemasculinegroundless
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não procede, sem fundamento 2. que não forma um todo racional, lógico, conseqüente; incoerente, ilógico
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 improcedente
- improcedentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improcedente?
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾo.seˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɾu.sɨˈdẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal [ĩ.pɾu.sɨˈðẽ.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 improcedente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improcedente in Portuguese?
improcedente appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).