decesso
Portuguese, noun/deˈsɛ.su/
decesso is spelled D-E-C-E-S-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decesso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “decease, death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rebaixamento a um cargo ou função”.
What does decesso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecease, death
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rebaixamento a um cargo ou função 2. saída, partida, afastamento 3. óbito, passamento, morte
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 decesso
- decessos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decesso?
- Brazil /deˈsɛ.su/
- Portugal /dɨʃˈsɛ.su/
- Portugal /dɨˈʃɛ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is decesso in Portuguese?
decesso appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).