insinuar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.si.nuˈa(ʁ)/
insinuar is spelled I-N-S-I-N-U-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insinuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to insinuate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “introduzir lentamente”.
What does insinuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to insinuate
- 2
to intimate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. introduzir lentamente 2. levar a aceitar qualquer coisa sem a referir expressamente
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 insinuar
- insinuo first-person present singular
- insinuei first-person preterite singular
- insinuado participle past
- insinuares infinitive second-person singular
- insinuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- insinuardes infinitive plural second-person
- insinuarem infinitive plural third-person
- insinuando gerund
- insinuados masculine participle past
- insinuada feminine participle past
- insinuadas feminine participle past
- insinuas indicative present second-person
- insinua indicative present singular
- insinuamos first-person indicative plural
- insinuais indicative plural present
- insinuam indicative plural present
- insinuava first-person imperfect indicative
- insinuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insinuar?
- Brazil /ĩ.si.nuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.si.nuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.siˈnwa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insinuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insinuar in Portuguese?
insinuar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).