inteiro

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈte(j).ɾu/ [ĩˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈte(j).ɾo/ [ĩˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈtɐj.ɾu/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈtej.ɾu/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈte.ɾu/

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈte(j).ɾʷ/
  • (verb, Brazil, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ĩˈtɛ(j).ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: in‧tei‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese enteiro, enteyro (which may have been later modified to reflect the Latin etymology), from Latin integer, integrum. Doublet of íntegro.

Adjective

inteiro (feminine inteira, masculine plural inteiros, feminine plural inteiras)

  1. whole; entire; in full (with nothing missing)
    Dormimos o dia inteiro.
    We slept the whole day.
    Ela escreveu o livro inteiro sozinha.
    She wrote the entire book by herself.
  2. whole (uninjured or undamaged)
    O carro ainda está inteiro, apesar do acidente.
    The car is still whole, despite the accident.
  3. (often before the noun) complete (without limitations or exceptions)
    Ela tem minha inteira confiança.
    I completely trust her.
  4. (mathematics) integral (being or relating to integers)
    Número inteiro.
    Integer.
Quotations

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Derived terms

Noun

inteiro m (plural inteiros)

  1. integer (number without a fractional component)
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inteiro.

Verb

inteiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inteirar
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