inextricável
Portuguese, adjective/i.nes.tɾiˈka.vew/
inextricável is spelled I-N-E-X-T-R-I-C-Á-V-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inextricável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “inextricable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não se pode esclarecer”.
What does inextricável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinextricable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não se pode esclarecer 2. impossível de ser desmanchado ou destruído
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 inextricável
- inextricáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inextricável?
- Brazil /i.nes.tɾiˈka.vew/
- Brazil [i.nes.tɾiˈka.veʊ̯]
- /i.neʃ.tɾiˈka.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inextricável in Portuguese?
inextricável appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).