incógnita

See also: incognita

Asturian

Noun

incógnita f (plural incógnites)

1. unknown

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkɔ.ɡu.i.ni.tɐ/ [ĩˈkɔ.ɡʊ.i.ni.tɐ], /ĩˈkɔ.ɡi.ni.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkɔ.ɡu.i.ni.tɐ/ [ĩˈkɔ.ɡʊ.i.ni.tɐ], /ĩˈkɔ.ɡi.ni.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkɔ.ɡu.i.ni.ta/ [ĩˈkɔ.ɡʊ.i.ni.ta], /ĩˈkɔ.ɡi.ni.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkɔ.ɡi.ni.tɐ/ [ĩˈkɔ.ɣi.ni.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: in‧cóg‧ni‧ta

Noun

incógnita f (plural incógnitas)

1. (algebra) unknown (variable whose value is to be found)
2. unknown (an unknown fact or piece of information)
   • 2006, Cássia Marina Moreira, Águas que transformam, Editora Agora, →ISBN, page 32:

     Quando embarquei para Abrolhos, não fazia a mínima idéia de como iria se desenrolar o processo, só sabia que coletaria a água com a energia deixada pelas baleias; mas quando e como faria isso era uma incógnita.

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Adjective

incógnita

1. feminine singular of incógnito

Spanish

Noun

incógnita f (plural incógnitas)

1. (algebra) unknown (variable whose value is to be found)
2. mystery, hidden motive

Adjective

incógnita

1. feminine singular of incógnito

Further reading

• “incógnito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10