decepcionar
Portuguese, verb/de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/
decepcionar is spelled D-E-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-A-R (11 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decepcionar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disappoint; to let down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “(transitivo) causar decepção”.
What does decepcionar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disappoint; to let down
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (transitivo) causar decepção 2. (intransitivo) ser um fracasso; ter mau desempenho em algo ou má conduta
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 decepcionar
- decepciono first-person present singular
- decepcionei first-person preterite singular
- decepcionado participle past
- decepcionares infinitive second-person singular
- decepcionarmos first-person infinitive plural
- decepcionardes infinitive plural second-person
- decepcionarem infinitive plural third-person
- decepcionando gerund
- decepcionados masculine participle past
- decepcionada feminine participle past
- decepcionadas feminine participle past
- decepcionas indicative present second-person
- decepciona indicative present singular
- decepcionamos first-person indicative plural
- decepcionais indicative plural present
- decepcionam indicative plural present
- decepcionava first-person imperfect indicative
- decepcionavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decepcionar?
- Brazil /de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.sep.si.oˈna(h)]
- Brazil /de.sep.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decepcionar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decepcionar in Portuguese?
decepcionar appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).