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invito

Portuguese, adjective/ĩˈvi.tu/

invito is spelled I-N-V-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invito is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unwilling; forced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of invitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que procede contra a própria vontade”.

What does invito mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unwilling; forced

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of invitar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que procede contra a própria vontade 2. forçado 3. constrangido 4. involuntário

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 invito

  • invita feminine
  • invitos masculine plural
  • invitas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce invito?

  • Brazil /ĩˈvi.tu/
  • Portugal /ĩˈvi.tu/
  • Portugal /ĩˈbi.tu/

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

How common is invito in Portuguese?

invito appears about once in every 32 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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