desafiante
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.za.fiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
desafiante is spelled D-E-S-A-F-I-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafiante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “challenger, adversary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desafiador”.
What does desafiante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinechallenger, adversary
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinechallenging, difficult, hard
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desafiador
noun: 1. desafiador
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 desafiante
- desafiantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafiante?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.fiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zaˈfjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /de.za.fiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desafiante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desafiante in Portuguese?
desafiante appears 1.5 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).