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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈte(j).ɾʷ/
- (verb, Brazil, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ĩˈtɛ(j).ɾu/
- Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
- Hyphenation: in‧tei‧ro
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese enteiro, enteyro (which may have been later modified to reflect the Latin etymology), from Latin integrum. Doublet of íntegro.
Adjective
inteiro (feminine inteira, masculine plural inteiros, feminine plural inteiras)
- 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.
- whole (uninjured or undamaged)
O carro ainda está inteiro, apesar do acidente.- The car is still whole, despite the accident.
- (often before the noun) complete (without limitations or exceptions)
Ela tem minha inteira confiança.- I completely trust her.
- (mathematics) integral (being or relating to integers)
Quotations
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Derived terms
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Noun
inteiro m (plural inteiros)
- integer (number without a fractional component)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:inteiro.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
inteiro
- first-person singular present indicative of inteirar