descia
Portuguese, verb/deˈsi.ɐ/
descia is spelled D-E-S-C-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descia is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of descer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo descer”.
What does descia mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of descer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo descer
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.
How do you pronounce descia?
- Brazil /deˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /dɨʃˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /dɨˈʃi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descia in Portuguese?
descia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).