desbloquear
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒiz.blo.kiˈa(ʁ)/
desbloquear is spelled D-E-S-B-L-O-Q-U-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desbloquear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to unblock (remove or clear a block or obstruction from)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “favorecer”.
What does desbloquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unblock (remove or clear a block or obstruction from)
- 2
to unlock (to obtain access to something)
Você pode desbloquear o ecrã do celular com sua impressão digital.
- 3
to jailbreak (to remove an electronic device’s restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. favorecer 2. possibilitar 3. desobstruir, liberar
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 desbloquear
- desbloqueio first-person present singular
- desbloqueei first-person preterite singular
- desbloqueado participle past
- desbloqueares infinitive second-person singular
- desbloquearmos first-person infinitive plural
- desbloqueardes infinitive plural second-person
- desbloquearem infinitive plural third-person
- desbloqueando gerund
- desbloqueados masculine participle past
- desbloqueada feminine participle past
- desbloqueadas feminine participle past
- desbloqueias indicative present second-person
- desbloqueia indicative present singular
- desbloqueamos first-person indicative plural
- desbloqueais indicative plural present
- desbloqueiam indicative plural present
- desbloqueava first-person imperfect indicative
- desbloqueavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desbloquear?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.blo.kiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒiz.blo.kiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.bloˈkja(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 desbloquear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desbloquear in Portuguese?
desbloquear appears 2.2 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).