infinitivo
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.fi.niˈt͡ʃi.vu/
infinitivo is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infinitivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “infinitive (non-finite verb form)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma nominal que representa o verbo, nomeia uma ação ou estado, mas que é neutra quanto às suas categorias…”.
What does infinitivo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinfinitive (non-finite verb form)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da natureza do infinito verbal 2. que contém um infinitivo
noun: 1. forma nominal que representa o verbo, nomeia uma ação ou estado, mas que é neutra quanto às suas categorias gramaticais tradicionais, ou seja, tempo, modo, aspecto, número, pessoa
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 infinitivo
- infinitivos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infinitivo?
- Brazil /ĩ.fi.niˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /ĩ.fi.niˈti.vu/
- Portugal /ĩ.fi.niˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infinitivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infinitivo in Portuguese?
infinitivo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).