desafio
Portuguese, noun/de.zaˈfi.u/
desafio is spelled D-E-S-A-F-I-O (7 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,644th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “challenge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desafiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de desafiar; proposta que envolve fazer algo difícil, ou ousado, podendo ser em forma de disputa entre…”.
What does desafio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechallenge
- 2
masculineprovocation
- 3
masculinedare
- 4
masculinematch (competitive sporting event)
desafio de futebol
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desafiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de desafiar; proposta que envolve fazer algo difícil, ou ousado, podendo ser em forma de disputa entre duas ou mais pessoas, e podendo haver recompensa material ou imaterial para o vencedor, e punição para o perdedor 2. provocação 3. despique entre dois cantadores, que improvisando e cantando respondem um ao outro
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 desafio
- desafios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafio?
- Brazil /de.zaˈfi.u/
- Brazil /de.zaˈfiw/
- Brazil [de.zaˈfiʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desafio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desafio in Portuguese?
desafio appears 59 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).