indefinido

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• indefinito (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indēfīnītus (“indefinite”). By surface analysis, in- +‎ definido.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.de.fiˈni.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.du/ [ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.du/ [ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.du/

• Hyphenation: in‧de‧fi‧ni‧do

Adjective

indefinido (feminine indefinida, masculine plural indefinidos, feminine plural indefinidas)

1. indefinite (without limits)

   Synonyms: ilimitado, irrestrito, livre

   Antonyms: delimitado, limitado, restrito

2. undefined (lacking a definition)

   Antonym: definido

3. (mathematics) undefined (that does not have a meaning)
4. indefinite; undecided; uncertain

   Synonyms: impreciso, incerto

   Antonyms: certo, preciso

5. (grammar, or a pronoun or article) indefinite (which specifies an undetermined object)

   Antonym: definido

Derived terms

• artigo indefinido
• pronome indefinido

Related terms

• definição
• definido
• definir
• indefinir

Noun

indefinido m (plural indefinidos)

1. that which is undefined
2. (grammar) an indefinite pronoun or article

Participle

indefinido (feminine indefinida, masculine plural indefinidos, feminine plural indefinidas)

1. past participle of indefinir

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indefiˈnido/ [ĩn̪.d̪e.fiˈni.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: in‧de‧fi‧ni‧do

Adjective

indefinido (feminine indefinida, masculine plural indefinidos, feminine plural indefinidas)

1. indefinite (without limits)
2. undefined (lacking a definition)

   Antonym: definido

3. (mathematics) undefined (that does not have a meaning)
4. undecided, uncertain
5. (grammar, or a pronoun or article) indefinite (which specifies an undetermined object)

Derived terms

• artículo indefinido
• indefinidamente

Further reading

• “indefinido”, 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