desconcertante
Portuguese, adjective/des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
desconcertante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “disconcerting; unsettling; baffling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que desconcerta, que embaraça, que surpreende”.
What does desconcertante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedisconcerting; unsettling; baffling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que desconcerta, que embaraça, que surpreende
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 desconcertante
- desconcertantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desconcertante?
- Brazil /des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [des.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desconcertante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desconcertante in Portuguese?
desconcertante appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).