incontável

Portuguese

Etymology

From in- +‎ contável.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõˈta.vew/ [ĩ.kõˈta.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõˈta.vɛl/ [ĩ.kõˈta.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõˈta.vɛl/ [ĩ.kõˈta.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõˈta.bɛl/ [ĩ.kõˈta.βɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
• Hyphenation: in‧con‧tá‧vel

Adjective

incontável m or f (plural incontáveis)

1. countless; innumerable (too many to count)
2. (mathematics) uncountable (incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers)
3. (grammar, of a noun) uncountable (about a noun which cannot be counted)

Derived terms

• incontavelmente

Further reading

• “incontável” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913