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intempestivo

Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.tẽ.pesˈt͡ʃi.vu/

intempestivo is spelled I-N-T-E-M-P-E-S-T-I-V-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intempestivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “untimely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que acontece em momento inoportuno, fora do prazo”.

What does intempestivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    untimely

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. o que acontece em momento inoportuno, fora do prazo 2. imprevisto, inesperado, inopinado

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 intempestivo

  • intempestiva feminine
  • intempestivos masculine plural
  • intempestivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce intempestivo?

  • Brazil /ĩ.tẽ.pesˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • /ĩ.tẽ.peʃˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Portugal /ĩ.tẽ.pɨʃˈti.vu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to intempestivo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is intempestivo in Portuguese?

intempestivo appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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