intelecto
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.tu/
intelecto is spelled I-N-T-E-L-E-C-T-O (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intelecto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brain (intellect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inteligência”.
What does intelecto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrain (intellect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inteligência 2. entendimento 3. intelecção 4. raciocínio
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 intelecto
- intelectos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intelecto?
- Brazil /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.tu/
- Brazil /ĩ.teˈlɛk.tu/
- Portugal /ĩ.tɨˈlɛk.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intelecto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intelecto in Portuguese?
intelecto appears 2.3 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).