descabido
Portuguese, adjective/des.kaˈbi.du/
descabido is spelled D-E-S-C-A-B-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descabido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “inappropriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inconveniente, inoportuno, sem cabimento”.
What does descabido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inappropriate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. inconveniente, inoportuno, sem cabimento 2. impróprio
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 descabido
- descabida feminine
- descabidos masculine plural
- descabidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descabido?
- Brazil /des.kaˈbi.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kaˈbi.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descabido in Portuguese?
descabido appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).