íntegro

See also: integro, integró, and integrò

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *n̥th₂gros

Proto-Italic *n̥tagros

Latin integrumbor.

Portuguese íntegro

Borrowed from Latin integrum. Doublet of inteiro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.te.ɡɾu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.tɨ.ɡɾu/ [ˈĩ.tɨ.ɣɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.tɨ.ɡɾu/ [ˈĩ.tɨ.ɣɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.tɨ.ɡɾu/

Adjective

íntegro (feminine íntegra, masculine plural íntegros, feminine plural íntegras)

1. complete (not lacking any part)

   Synonyms: completo, inteiro

2. (figuratively) upright (having good morals)

Related terms

• integral
• integridade
• integrar
• entregar
• na íntegra

Further reading

• “íntegro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *n̥th₂gros

Proto-Italic *n̥tagros

Latin integerlbor.

Spanish íntegro

Learned borrowing from Latin integrum.

Doublet of entero, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinteɡɾo/ [ˈĩn̪.t̪e.ɣ̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -inteɡɾo
• Syllabification: ín‧te‧gro

Adjective

íntegro (feminine íntegra, masculine plural íntegros, feminine plural íntegras, superlative integrísimo or (higher register) integérrimo)

1. complete, integral, whole
2. (of a person) upright (having good morals)

Derived terms

• integrismo

Related terms

• entero
• integrar

Noun

íntegro m (plural íntegros)

1. (neologism, nonstandard) integer (number)

   Synonym: entero

   • 1946, Eduardo Nicol, La Idea del Hombre [The Idea of Man], Centro de Estudios Filosóficos de la Universidad Nacional de México [National University of Mexico, Center of Philosophical Studies], Editorial Stylo, page 190,

     Mientras el número fuera considerado como un íntegro, como una cantidad discreta, […]

     While the number was considered as an integer, as a discrete quantity, […]

   • 1979, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Teoría y técnica del cuento, Ediciones Marymar, page 22 or 25:

     Este conjunto de íntegros positivos se cierra por las operaciones de adición y multiplicación, que siempre dan por resultado un íntegro positivo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2001, Galen Grimes, Aprendiendo actualización y reparación de PCs en 24 horas [Learning PC construction and repair in 24 hours], Pearson Educación, →ISBN, page 84,

     Sin un coprocesador matemático, las operaciones de punto flotante deben convertirse a matemática de íntegros, cuyo cálculo es más lento.

     Without a math co-processor, floating-point operations must be converted to integer math, whose calculation is slower.

   • 2001 December 27, Victor Delgadillo, “Re: redonde sic de un número doble” [Re: rounding of a double], microsoft.public.es.access, Usenet,

     Restas la parte entera, multiplicas por 100 sumas tu cifra de redondeo y divides en un integro.

     You remove the integer part, multiply by 100 times your rounding digit, and divide by an integer.

Further reading

• “íntegro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025