instante
Portuguese, noun/ĩsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
instante is spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,891st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “instant; moment (very brief period of time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “momento, santiamém, um ponto determinado no tempo”.
What does instante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineimminent
- 2
femininemasculineurgent
- 3
femininemasculineinsistent
noun
- 1
masculineinstant; moment (very brief period of time)
- 2
masculineinstant (single point in time)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está para acontecer, para vir; iminente 2. pertinaz, insistente 3. urgente, inadiável, indispensável 4. que se insta, que se solicita com tenacidade
noun: 1. momento, santiamém, um ponto determinado no tempo 2. ocasião, hora, tempo indeterminado no qual algo ocorre
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 instante
- instantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instante?
- Brazil /ĩsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instante in Portuguese?
instante appears 17 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).