debandar
Portuguese, verb/de.bɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/
debandar is spelled D-E-B-A-N-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debandar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to (cause to) flee disorderly, to stampede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr em fuga desordenadamente, confusamente”.
What does debandar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to (cause to) flee disorderly, to stampede
- 2
to leave ranks
- 3
to disperse, to disband
- 4
to leave, often simultaneously and in great numbers, a group, corporation or location
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr em fuga desordenadamente, confusamente. 2. sair da ordem, desordenar-se 3. pôr-se em fuga desordenadamente 4. fugir; dispersar-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of debandar
- debando first-person present singular
- debandei first-person preterite singular
- debandado participle past
- debandares infinitive second-person singular
- debandarmos first-person infinitive plural
- debandardes infinitive plural second-person
- debandarem infinitive plural third-person
- debandando gerund
- debandados masculine participle past
- debandada feminine participle past
- debandadas feminine participle past
- debandas indicative present second-person
- debanda indicative present singular
- debandamos first-person indicative plural
- debandais indicative plural present
- debandam indicative plural present
- debandava first-person imperfect indicative
- debandavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debandar?
- Brazil /de.bɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.bɐ̃ˈda(h)]
- /de.bɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to debandar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is debandar in Portuguese?
debandar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).