desatar
Portuguese, verb/de.zaˈta(ʁ)/
desatar is spelled D-E-S-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desatar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to untie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desprender”.
What does desatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to untie
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desprender 2. deslaçar 3. libertar
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 desatar
- desato first-person present singular
- desatei first-person preterite singular
- desatado participle past
- desatares infinitive second-person singular
- desatarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desatardes infinitive plural second-person
- desatarem infinitive plural third-person
- desatando gerund
- desatados masculine participle past
- desatada feminine participle past
- desatadas feminine participle past
- desatas indicative present second-person
- desata indicative present singular
- desatamos first-person indicative plural
- desatais indicative plural present
- desatam indicative plural present
- desatava first-person imperfect indicative
- desatavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desatar?
- Brazil /de.zaˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zaˈta(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zaˈta(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 desatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desatar in Portuguese?
desatar 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).