descarrego
Portuguese, noun/des.kaˈʁe.ɡu/
descarrego is spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-R-E-G-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descarrego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “act of unloading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of descarregar.
What does descarrego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineact of unloading
- 2
masculinedischarge
- 3
masculinedischarge, release (from a hospital, place of storage, etc.)
- 4
Brazilmasculinea ritual in Afro-Brazilian religions, such as umbanda and candomblé, that involves weeds and prayer
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of descarregar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of descarrego
- descarregos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descarrego?
- Brazil /des.kaˈʁe.ɡu/
- Brazil [des.kaˈhe.ɡu]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kaˈʁe.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descarrego in Portuguese?
descarrego 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).