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inoportuno

Portuguese, adjective/i.no.poʁˈtũ.nu/

inoportuno is spelled I-N-O-P-O-R-T-U-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inoportuno is a Portuguese adjective meaning “inopportune (inconvenient or occurring at an inappropriate time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fora do tempo conveniente”.

What does inoportuno mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    inopportune (inconvenient or occurring at an inappropriate time)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. fora do tempo conveniente 2. que não é oportuno

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 inoportuno

  • inoportuna feminine
  • inoportunos masculine plural
  • inoportunas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce inoportuno?

  • Brazil /i.no.poʁˈtũ.nu/
  • Brazil [i.no.pohˈtũ.nu]
  • /i.no.poɾˈtũ.nu/

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

English words that translate to inoportuno

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inoportuno in Portuguese?

inoportuno appears about once in every 2 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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