índole
Portuguese, noun/ˈĩ.do.li/
índole is spelled Í-N-D-O-L-E (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Índole is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “temperament (a person’s normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tendência natural”.
What does índole mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetemperament (a person’s normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tendência natural
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 índole
- índoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce índole?
- Brazil /ˈĩ.do.li/
- Portugal /ˈĩ.du.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to índole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is índole in Portuguese?
índole appears 1.7 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).