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desafiador

Portuguese, adjective/de.za.fi.aˈdoʁ/

desafiador is spelled D-E-S-A-F-I-A-D-O-R (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafiador is a Portuguese adjective meaning “defiant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que desafia”.

What does desafiador mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    defiant

  2. 2

    challenging, difficult, hard to do

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que desafia 2. que propõe duelo 3. complexo, difícil

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 desafiador

  • desafiadora feminine
  • desafiadores masculine plural
  • desafiadoras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desafiador?

  • Brazil /de.za.fi.aˈdoʁ/
  • Brazil [de.za.fi.aˈdoh]
  • Brazil /de.za.fjaˈdoʁ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desafiador

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is desafiador in Portuguese?

desafiador 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).

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