desaparição
Portuguese, noun/de.za.pa.ɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
desaparição is spelled D-E-S-A-P-A-R-I-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desaparição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “disappearance (action of disappearing or vanishing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ausência súbita”.
What does desaparição mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisappearance (action of disappearing or vanishing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ausência súbita 2. descaminho 3. desaparecimento, sumiço
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 desaparição
- desaparições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desaparição?
- Brazil /de.za.pa.ɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.za.pa.ɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.pa.ɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desaparição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desaparição in Portuguese?
desaparição appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).