desafogo
Portuguese, noun/de.zaˈfo.ɡu/
desafogo is spelled D-E-S-A-F-O-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafogo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “relief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desafogar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desembaraço”.
What does desafogo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerelief
- 2
masculineleisure
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desafogar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desembaraço 2. alívio
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 desafogo
- desafogos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafogo?
- Brazil /de.zaˈfo.ɡu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zaˈfo.ɡu/
- Portugal /dɨ.zɐˈfo.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desafogo in Portuguese?
desafogo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).