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insincero

Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.sĩˈsɛ.ɾu/

insincero is spelled I-N-S-I-N-C-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insincero is a Portuguese adjective meaning “insincere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em que há falsidade e hipocrisia, que esconde o que sente; que é falso”.

What does insincero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    insincere

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. em que há falsidade e hipocrisia, que esconde o que sente; que é falso

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 insincero

  • insincera feminine
  • insinceros masculine plural
  • insinceras feminine plural
  • mais insincero comparative
  • o mais insincero superlative
  • insinceríssimo superlative

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

How do you pronounce insincero?

  • Brazil /ĩ.sĩˈsɛ.ɾu/
  • Portugal /ĩ.sĩˈsɛ.ɾu/

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

English words that translate to insincero

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

How common is insincero in Portuguese?

insincero appears about once in every 47 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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