desabafo
Portuguese, noun/de.zaˈba.fu/
desabafo is spelled D-E-S-A-B-A-F-O (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,032nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desabafo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ventilation (the act of replacing stale or noxious air with fresh)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desabafar.
What does desabafo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineventilation (the act of replacing stale or noxious air with fresh)
- 2
masculinethe venting of one's frustrations; rant
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desabafar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desabafo
- desabafos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desabafo?
- Brazil /de.zaˈba.fu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zaˈba.fu/
- Portugal /dɨ.zɐˈba.fu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desabafo in Portuguese?
desabafo appears 4.6 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).