intempérie
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾ(j)i/
intempérie is spelled I-N-T-E-M-P-É-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intempérie is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “any destructive weather event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mau tempo”.
What does intempérie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany destructive weather event
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mau tempo 2. perturbação atmosférica 3. variação brusca do clima 4. tempestade
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 intempérie
- intempéries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intempérie?
- Brazil /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾ(j)i/
- Portugal /ĩ.tẽˈpɛ.ɾ(j)i/
- Portugal /ĩ.tẽ.ˈpɛ.ɾji/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intempérie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intempérie in Portuguese?
intempérie appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).