desaparecer
Portuguese, verb/de.za.pa.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
desaparecer is spelled D-E-S-A-P-A-R-E-C-E-R (11 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desaparecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disappear; to vanish (to become lost, unseen or stop existing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deixar de ser visto; sair do campo de visão”.
What does desaparecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disappear; to vanish (to become lost, unseen or stop existing)
- 2
to make something disappear; to get rid of
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deixar de ser visto; sair do campo de visão 2. deixar de existir ou de ser conhecido; acabar gradualmente
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 desaparecer
- desapareço first-person present singular
- desapareci first-person preterite singular
- desaparecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- desapareceres infinitive second-person singular
- desaparecermos first-person infinitive plural
- desaparecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- desaparecerem infinitive plural third-person
- desaparecendo gerund
- desapareces indicative present second-person
- desaparece indicative present singular
- desaparecemos first-person indicative plural
- desapareceis indicative plural present
- desaparecem indicative plural present
- desaparecia first-person imperfect indicative
- desaparecias imperfect indicative second-person
- desaparecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desaparecíeis imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desaparecer?
- Brazil /de.za.pa.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.za.pa.ɾeˈse(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.pa.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desaparecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desaparecer in Portuguese?
desaparecer appears 12 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).