interior
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/
interior is spelled I-N-T-E-R-I-O-R (8 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interior is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “interior; inside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a parte de dentro de alguma coisa”.
What does interior mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinner; interior (located in the inside)
Não comemos os olhos nem os órgãos interiores.
noun
- 1
masculineinterior; inside
Tirei uma bola do interior da caixa.
- 2
masculinecountry; countryside; interior (regions outside major cities)
Esses fazendeiros moraram sempre no interior.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. refere-se à parte de dentro de alguma coisa 2. espaço entre os limites de 3. que se refere à alma, à natureza moral 4. usado sob outras roupas
noun: 1. a parte de dentro de alguma coisa 2. região de um país ou estado fora da área da capital (nesse sentido, em oposição a litoral) 3. índole de um indivíduo, natureza emocional ou mental 4. que diz respeito à administração ou aos negócios de um país
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 interior
- interiores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interior?
- Brazil /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/
- Brazil [ĩ.te.ɾiˈoh]
- Brazil /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interior
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interior in Portuguese?
interior appears 100 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).