degelo
Portuguese, noun/deˈʒe.lu/
degelo is spelled D-E-G-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thaw (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of degelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o derretimento do gelo, da neve ou de outra matéria congelada”.
What does degelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethaw (the melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of degelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o derretimento do gelo, da neve ou de outra matéria congelada
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 degelo
- degelos plural
- desgelo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degelo?
- Brazil /deˈʒe.lu/
- Portugal /dɨˈʒe.lu/
- Portugal /ˈd͡ʒe.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to degelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degelo in Portuguese?
degelo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).