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descomprimir

Portuguese, verb/des.kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/

descomprimir is spelled D-E-S-C-O-M-P-R-I-M-I-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descomprimir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to decompress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does descomprimir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to decompress

  2. 2

    to unzip, decompress

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of descomprimir

  • descomprimo first-person present singular
  • descomprimi first-person preterite singular
  • descomprimido participle past
  • descomprimires infinitive second-person singular
  • descomprimirmos first-person infinitive plural
  • descomprimirdes infinitive plural second-person
  • descomprimirem infinitive plural third-person
  • descomprimindo gerund
  • descomprimidos masculine participle past
  • descomprimida feminine participle past
  • descomprimidas feminine participle past
  • descomprimes indicative present second-person
  • descomprime indicative present singular
  • descomprimimos first-person indicative plural
  • descomprimis indicative plural present
  • descomprimem indicative plural present
  • descomprimia first-person imperfect indicative
  • descomprimias imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce descomprimir?

  • Brazil /des.kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [des.kõ.pɾiˈmi(h)]
  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.kõ.pɾiˈmi(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 descomprimir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is descomprimir in Portuguese?

descomprimir appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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