intempestivo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin intempestīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tem.pesˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: in‧tem‧pe‧stì‧vo

Adjective

intempestivo (feminine intempestiva, masculine plural intempestivi, feminine plural intempestive)

1. untimely, ill-timed

   Synonyms: imprudente, inopportuno

   Antonym: tempestivo

Derived terms

• intempestività

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛm.pɛsˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.tem.pesˈtiː.vo]

Adjective

intempestīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of intempestīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin tempestās

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin īvus

Latin tempestīvus

Latin intempestīvuslbor.

Portuguese intempestivo

Learned borrowing from Latin intempestīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽ.pesˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽ.pesˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽ.peʃˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽ.pɨʃˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽ.pɨʃˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tẽ.pɨʃˈti.bu/ [ĩ.tẽ.pɨʃˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: in‧tem‧pes‧ti‧vo

Adjective

intempestivo (feminine intempestiva, masculine plural intempestivos, feminine plural intempestivas)

1. untimely

Further reading

• “intempestivo”, 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-

Latin tempestās

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin īvus

Latin tempestīvus

Latin intempestīvusder.

Spanish intempestivo

Derived from Latin intempestīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intempesˈtibo/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽm.pesˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: in‧tem‧pes‧ti‧vo

Adjective

intempestivo (feminine intempestiva, masculine plural intempestivos, feminine plural intempestivas)

1. untimely

Derived terms

• intempestivamente

Further reading

• “intempestivo”, 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