descair
Portuguese, verb/des.kaˈi(ʁ)/
descair is spelled D-E-S-C-A-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descair is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be hanging; to be suspended” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does descair mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be hanging; to be suspended
Meus braços descaem.
- 2
to suspend, hang something
Ele descai seus braços.
- 3
to be inclined
O poste descai à direita.
- 4
to droop (to slowly become limp)
Descaí devido ao cansaço.
- 5
to become less intense
O comércio está a descair.
- 6
to fall down due to not having enough strength to stand
Descaí após a maratona.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of descair
- descaio first-person present singular
- descaí first-person preterite singular
- descaído participle past
- descaíres infinitive second-person singular
- descairmos first-person infinitive plural
- descairdes infinitive plural second-person
- descaírem infinitive plural third-person
- descaindo gerund
- descaídos masculine participle past
- descaída feminine participle past
- descaídas feminine participle past
- descais indicative present second-person
- descai indicative present singular
- descaímos first-person indicative plural
- descaís indicative plural present
- descaem indicative plural present
- descaía first-person imperfect indicative
- descaías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descair?
- Brazil /des.kaˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.kaˈi(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kaˈi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descair in Portuguese?
descair appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).