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in

Portuguese, preposition/ˈĩ/

in is spelled I-N (2 letters) and appears 339 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 270th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). In is a Portuguese preposition meaning “found in the given reference” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em (usada em citações bibliográficas)”.

What does in mean in English?

preposition

  1. 1

    found in the given reference

adjective

  1. 1

    in fashion

prefix

as in-
  1. 1

    un-; not

suffix

as -in
  1. 1

    pronunciation spelling of -inho

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

preposition: 1. em (usada em citações bibliográficas)

prefix: 1. negação 2. falta 3. inclusão 4. interioridade

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.

How do you pronounce in?

  • Brazil /ˈĩ/
  • Portugal /ˈin/
  • Portugal /ˈĩ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to in

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is in in Portuguese?

in appears 339 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).

What to look up after in