inopinado

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inopīnātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.no.piˈna.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.no.piˈna.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.no.piˈna.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nu.piˈna.du/ [i.nu.piˈna.ðu]

Adjective

inopinado (feminine inopinada, masculine plural inopinados, feminine plural inopinadas)

1. unexpected, sudden
2. extraordinary, amazing

Derived terms

• inopinadamente

Further reading

• “inopinado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inopīnātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inopiˈnado/ [i.no.piˈna.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: i‧no‧pi‧na‧do

Adjective

inopinado (feminine inopinada, masculine plural inopinados, feminine plural inopinadas)

1. unwanted; unbidden; surprise

   Synonyms: imprevisto, inesperado

   Antonyms: previsto, esperado

   operativos inopinados ― surprise raids

Derived terms

• inopinadamente

Further reading

• “inopinado”, 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