indirecta
Portuguese, noun
indirecta is spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-C-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indirecta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of indireta; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of indirecto.
What does indirecta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of indireta; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of indirecto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of indirecta
- indirectas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is indirecta in Portuguese?
indirecta appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).