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inibido

Portuguese, adjective/i.niˈbi.du/

inibido is spelled I-N-I-B-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inibido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “inhibited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of inibir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que sofre de inibição”.

What does inibido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    inhibited

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of inibir

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que sofre de inibição 2. tímido

noun: 1. aquele que sofre de inibição 2. indivíduo tímido

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 inibido

  • inibida feminine
  • inibidos masculine plural
  • inibidas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inibido?

  • Brazil /i.niˈbi.du/
  • Portugal /i.niˈbi.du/
  • Portugal [i.niˈβi.ðu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is inibido in Portuguese?

inibido appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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