desapertar
Portuguese, verb/de.za.peʁˈta(ʁ)/
desapertar is spelled D-E-S-A-P-E-R-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desapertar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to loosen; to undo; to release something that is tight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar o aperto; afrouxar, relaxar, soltar”.
What does desapertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to loosen; to undo; to release something that is tight
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar o aperto; afrouxar, relaxar, soltar
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 desapertar
- desaperto first-person present singular
- desapertei first-person preterite singular
- desapertado participle past
- desapertares infinitive second-person singular
- desapertarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desapertardes infinitive plural second-person
- desapertarem infinitive plural third-person
- desapertando gerund
- desapertados masculine participle past
- desapertada feminine participle past
- desapertadas feminine participle past
- desapertas indicative present second-person
- desaperta indicative present singular
- desapertamos first-person indicative plural
- desapertais indicative plural present
- desapertam indicative plural present
- desapertava first-person imperfect indicative
- desapertavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desapertar?
- Brazil /de.za.peʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.za.pehˈta(h)]
- /de.za.peɾˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desapertar in Portuguese?
desapertar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).