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desalento

Portuguese, noun/de.zaˈlẽ.tu/

desalento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dismay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desalentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algo ou alguém sem alento”.

What does desalento mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedismay

  2. 2

    masculineconsternation

  3. 3

    masculinedespondency

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of desalentar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. algo ou alguém sem alento 2. consternação 3. cansaço, abatimento, desânimo

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 desalento

  • desalentos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desalento?

  • Brazil /de.zaˈlẽ.tu/
  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.zaˈlẽ.tu/
  • Portugal /dɨ.zɐˈlẽ.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is desalento in Portuguese?

desalento appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).