inteligência

See also: inteligencia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligentsia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ [ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.si.a/ [ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.te.liˈʒẽ.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨ.liˈʒẽ.sjɐ/

  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧li‧gên‧ci‧a

Noun

inteligência f (usually uncountable, plural inteligências)

  1. intelligence (capacity of mind)
    Synonyms: intelecto, discernimento, juízo, entendimento
    Antonyms: burrice, estupidez
  2. (military, espionage) intelligence; intel (secret information about the enemy)
  3. intelligence agency (governmental agency devoted to gathering information for national security)
  4. (politics) intelligentsia (the intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine)
    Synonym: intelligentsia

Derived terms

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