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isento

Portuguese, adjective/iˈzẽ.tu/

isento is spelled I-S-E-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Isento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “exempt (free from duty or obligation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of isentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desobrigado; dispensado”.

What does isento mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    exempt (free from duty or obligation)

  2. 2

    free from (not containing or including something)

    Este medicamento é isento de efeitos nocivos.

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of isentar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. desobrigado; dispensado 2. que tem esquivança, que se não mostra sensível a finezas ou galanteios 3. que é imparcial, a despeito dos seus interesses; incorruptível

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 isento

  • isenta feminine
  • isentos masculine plural
  • isentas feminine plural
  • isempto alternative obsolete

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

How do you pronounce isento?

  • Brazil /iˈzẽ.tu/
  • Portugal /iˈzẽ.tu/
  • Portugal /i.ˈzẽ.tu/

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

English words that translate to isento

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is isento in Portuguese?

isento appears 2.2 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).

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