desapercebido
Portuguese, adjective/de.za.peʁ.seˈbi.du/
desapercebido is spelled D-E-S-A-P-E-R-C-E-B-I-D-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desapercebido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “incautious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não está preparado; sem munições, provisões; desaparelhado, desmunido”.
What does desapercebido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incautious
- 2
unnoticed
- 3
unprepared
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não está preparado; sem munições, provisões; desaparelhado, desmunido 2. que está distraído; desacautelado, descuidado, desprevenido 3. não percebido, não observado; despercebido 4. que não se sentiu; despercebido
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 desapercebido
- desapercebida feminine
- desapercebidos masculine plural
- desapercebidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desapercebido?
- Brazil /de.za.peʁ.seˈbi.du/
- Brazil [de.za.peh.seˈbi.du]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.peʁ.seˈbi.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 desapercebido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desapercebido in Portuguese?
desapercebido appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).