desajeitado
Portuguese, adjective/de.za.ʒejˈta.du/
desajeitado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “awkward; clumsy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que ou o que tem falta de jeito”.
What does desajeitado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
awkward; clumsy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que ou o que tem falta de jeito 2. desarrumado 3. mal vestido
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 desajeitado
- desajeitada feminine
- desajeitados masculine plural
- desajeitadas feminine plural
- mais desajeitado comparative
- o mais desajeitado superlative
- desajeitadíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desajeitado?
- Brazil /de.za.ʒejˈta.du/
- Brazil [de.za.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.du]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.ʒejˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desajeitado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desajeitado in Portuguese?
desajeitado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).