inteligente
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
inteligente is spelled I-N-T-E-L-I-G-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inteligente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “intelligent (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que revela inteligência”.
What does inteligente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineintelligent (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que revela inteligência
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 inteligente
- inteligentes plural
- intelligente alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inteligente?
- Brazil /ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ĩ.tɨ.liˈʒẽ.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 inteligente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inteligente in Portuguese?
inteligente appears 36 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).