incompreensível

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ compreensível.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈsi.veʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.veʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈsi.veʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.veʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsi.vew/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsi.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vɛl/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vɛɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.vɛl/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vɛl/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vɛɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.vɛl/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.bɛl/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.βɛɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.bɛl/ [ĩ.kõ.pɾjẽˈsi.βɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
• Hyphenation: in‧com‧pre‧en‧sí‧vel

Adjective

incompreensível m or f (plural incompreensíveis)

1. incomprehensible

   Antonym: compreensível

2. unaccountable

Derived terms

• incompreensivelmente

Related terms

• incompreensibilidade

Further reading

• “incompreensível” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.