inteligível
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.te.liˈʒi.vew/
inteligível is spelled I-N-T-E-L-I-G-Í-V-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inteligível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “intelligible (capable of being understood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “compreensível, que se percebe bem, claro”.
What does inteligível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineintelligible (capable of being understood)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. compreensível, que se percebe bem, claro 2. perceptível, que se percebe bem
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 inteligível
- inteligíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inteligível?
- Brazil /ĩ.te.liˈʒi.vew/
- Brazil [ĩ.te.liˈʒi.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /ĩ.tɨ.liˈʒi.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inteligível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inteligível in Portuguese?
inteligível appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).