inoportuno

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *pértusder.

Proto-Italic *portus

Latin portus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin opportūnus

Latin inopportūnuslbor.

Portuguese inoportuno

Learned borrowing from Latin inopportūnus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.no.poʁˈtũ.nu/ [i.no.pohˈtũ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.no.poʁˈtũ.nu/ [i.no.pohˈtũ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.no.poɾˈtũ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.no.poʁˈtũ.nu/ [i.no.poχˈtũ.nu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /i.no.poɻˈtũ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nɔ.puɾˈtu.nu/

• Hyphenation: i‧no‧por‧tu‧no

Adjective

inoportuno (feminine inoportuna, masculine plural inoportunos, feminine plural inoportunas)

1. inopportune (inconvenient or occurring at an inappropriate time)

   Synonyms: importuno, inconveniente

   Antonym: oportuno

Derived terms

• inoportunamente
• inoportunidade

Related terms

• importuno
• oportuno

Further reading

• “inoportuno”, 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-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *pértusder.

Proto-Italic *portus

Latin portus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin opportūnus

Latin inopportūnusder.

Spanish inoportuno

Derived from Latin inopportūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inopoɾˈtuno/ [ĩn.o.poɾˈt̪u.no]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: in‧o‧por‧tu‧no

Adjective

inoportuno (feminine inoportuna, masculine plural inoportunos, feminine plural inoportunas)

1. inopportune (inconvenient or occurring at an inappropriate time)

   Synonym: importuno

   Antonym: oportuno

Derived terms

• inoportunamente
• inoportunidad

Related terms

• importuno
• oportuno

Further reading

• “inoportuno”, 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