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indevido

Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.deˈvi.du/

indevido is spelled I-N-D-E-V-I-D-O (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indevido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “undue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que não se deve”.

What does indevido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    undue

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. o que não se deve

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 indevido

  • indevida feminine
  • indevidos masculine plural
  • indevidas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce indevido?

  • Brazil /ĩ.deˈvi.du/
  • Portugal /ĩ.dɨˈvi.du/
  • Portugal [ĩ.dɨˈvi.ðu]

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

How common is indevido in Portuguese?

indevido appears 2.6 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).

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