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incurável

Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.kuˈɾa.vew/

incurável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “incurable (unable to be cured)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não é curável; que se não pode curar”.

What does incurável mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineincurable (unable to be cured)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que não é curável; que se não pode curar 2. irremediável

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 incurável

  • incuráveis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incurável?

  • Brazil /ĩ.kuˈɾa.vew/
  • Brazil [ĩ.kuˈɾa.veʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ĩ.kuˈɾa.vɛl/

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

English words that translate to incurável

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

How common is incurável in Portuguese?

incurável appears 1.2 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).