íntimo
Portuguese, adjective
íntimo is spelled Í-N-T-I-M-O (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Íntimo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “intimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, intimo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of intimar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “muito interno”.
What does íntimo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intimate
- 2
private
- 3
familiar, cosy
- 4
close
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of intimar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. muito interno 2. atuante no interior
noun: 1. âmago 2. pessoa íntima
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 íntimo
- íntima feminine
- íntimos masculine plural
- íntimas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to íntimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is íntimo in Portuguese?
íntimo appears 7.4 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).