ineficiente
Portuguese, adjective/i.ne.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
ineficiente is spelled I-N-E-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ineficiente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “inefficient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não eficiente”.
What does ineficiente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinefficient
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não eficiente
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 ineficiente
- ineficientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ineficiente?
- Brazil /i.ne.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /i.ne.fiˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /i.nɨ.fiˈsjẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ineficiente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ineficiente in Portuguese?
ineficiente appears 1.4 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).