repentino
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
repentino is spelled R-E-P-E-N-T-I-N-O (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repentino is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se disse ou fez súbito”.
What does repentino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se disse ou fez súbito 2. imprevisto 3. rápido 4. momentâneo
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 repentino
- repentina feminine
- repentinos masculine plural
- repentinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repentino?
- Brazil /ʁe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- Brazil [he.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]
- /ʁe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to repentino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repentino in Portuguese?
repentino appears 1.6 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).