inté
Portuguese, preposition/ĩˈtɛ/
inté is spelled I-N-T-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inté is a Portuguese preposition meaning “pronunciation spelling of até, representing Caipira, Southern and Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que até”.
What does inté mean in English?
preposition
- 1
pronunciation spelling of até, representing Caipira, Southern and Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese
suffix
- 1
femininemasculine-ing, -ant; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -ir
suffix
- 1
femininemasculine-er, -ant; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. o mesmo que até
interjection: 1. expressa despedimento no momento de ir embora
preposition: 1. o mesmo que até
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.
How do you pronounce inté?
- Brazil /ĩˈtɛ/
- Brazil /ˈĩ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈĩ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inté in Portuguese?
inté appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).