intrincado
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.tɾĩˈka.du/
intrincado is spelled I-N-T-R-I-N-C-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intrincado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “knotty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of intrincar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em que uma coisa se entrelaça a outra”.
What does intrincado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
knotty
- 2
puzzling
verb
- 1
past participle of intrincar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. em que uma coisa se entrelaça a outra 2. difícil de entender, confuso
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 intrincado
- intrincada feminine
- intrincados masculine plural
- intrincadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intrincado?
- Brazil /ĩ.tɾĩˈka.du/
- Portugal /ĩ.tɾĩˈka.du/
- Portugal [ĩ.tɾĩˈka.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intrincado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intrincado in Portuguese?
intrincado appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).