inalienável
Portuguese, adjective/i.na.li.eˈna.vew/
inalienável is spelled I-N-A-L-I-E-N-Á-V-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inalienável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “inalienable (incapable of being alienated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não pode ser vendido ou cedido”.
What does inalienável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinalienable (incapable of being alienated)
- 2
femininemasculineinalienable (belonging to a class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não pode ser vendido ou cedido
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 inalienável
- inalienáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inalienável?
- Brazil /i.na.li.eˈna.vew/
- Brazil [i.na.li.eˈna.veʊ̯]
- Brazil /i.na.ljeˈna.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inalienável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inalienável in Portuguese?
inalienável appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).