inesperado
Portuguese, adjective/i.nes.peˈɾa.du/
inesperado is spelled I-N-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inesperado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unexpected (not expected, anticipated or foreseen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imprevisto”.
What does inesperado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unexpected (not expected, anticipated or foreseen)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. imprevisto 2. inopinado
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 inesperado
- inesperada feminine
- inesperados masculine plural
- inesperadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inesperado?
- Brazil /i.nes.peˈɾa.du/
- /i.neʃ.peˈɾa.du/
- Portugal /i.nɨʃ.pɨˈɾa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inesperado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inesperado in Portuguese?
inesperado appears 6.8 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).