interromper
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.te.ʁõˈpe(ʁ)/
interromper is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-M-P-E-R (11 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interromper is a Portuguese verb meaning “to interrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parar, romper a continuidade de algo”.
What does interromper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interrupt
- 2
to discontinue
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. parar, romper a continuidade de algo 2. cortar a palavra a alguém
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 interromper
- interrompo first-person present singular
- interrompi first-person preterite singular
- interrompido participle past
- interromperes infinitive second-person singular
- interrompermos first-person infinitive plural
- interromperdes infinitive plural second-person
- interromperem infinitive plural third-person
- interrompendo gerund
- interrompidos masculine participle past
- interrompida feminine participle past
- interrompidas feminine participle past
- interrompes indicative present second-person
- interrompe indicative present singular
- interrompemos first-person indicative plural
- interrompeis indicative plural present
- interrompem indicative plural present
- interrompia first-person imperfect indicative
- interrompias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interromper?
- Brazil /ĩ.te.ʁõˈpe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.te.hõˈpe(h)]
- /ĩ.te.ʁõˈpe(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interromper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interromper in Portuguese?
interromper appears 7.2 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).