desafiar
Portuguese, verb/de.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/
desafiar is spelled D-E-S-A-F-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to challenge, to defy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “propor um desafio”.
What does desafiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to challenge, to defy
- 2
to dare, to incite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. propor um desafio
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 desafiar
- desafio first-person present singular
- desafiei first-person preterite singular
- desafiado participle past
- desafiares infinitive second-person singular
- desafiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desafiardes infinitive plural second-person
- desafiarem infinitive plural third-person
- desafiando gerund
- desafiados masculine participle past
- desafiada feminine participle past
- desafiadas feminine participle past
- desafias indicative present second-person
- desafia indicative present singular
- desafiamos first-person indicative plural
- desafiais indicative plural present
- desafiam indicative plural present
- desafiava first-person imperfect indicative
- desafiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafiar?
- Brazil /de.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.za.fiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /de.zaˈfja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desafiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desafiar in Portuguese?
desafiar appears 6.5 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).