desafogar
Portuguese, verb/de.za.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
desafogar is spelled D-E-S-A-F-O-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafogar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to loosen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deixar de afogar, liberar do afogo”.
What does desafogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to loosen
- 2
to relieve
- 3
to unburden
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deixar de afogar, liberar do afogo 2. afrouxar aquilo que aperta, tapa ou comprime 3. desabafar, liberar a alguém das sua aflições, misérias ou necessidades 4. manifestar os sentimentos, os pensamentos, reprimidos ou ocultos
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 desafogar
- desafogo first-person present singular
- desafoguei first-person preterite singular
- desafogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- desafogares infinitive second-person singular
- desafogarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desafogardes infinitive plural second-person
- desafogarem infinitive plural third-person
- desafogando gerund
- desafogados masculine participle past
- desafogada feminine participle past
- desafogadas feminine participle past
- desafogas indicative present second-person
- desafoga indicative present singular
- desafogamos first-person indicative plural
- desafogais indicative plural present
- desafogam indicative plural present
- desafogava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafogar?
- Brazil /de.za.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.za.foˈɡa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desafogar in Portuguese?
desafogar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).