desconcertar
Portuguese, verb/des.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
desconcertar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bewilder; to puzzle; to perplex; to baffle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perturbar, atrapalhar, desorientar”.
What does desconcertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bewilder; to puzzle; to perplex; to baffle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perturbar, atrapalhar, desorientar 2. descompor, desarranjar
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 desconcertar
- desconcerto first-person present singular
- desconcertei first-person preterite singular
- desconcertado participle past
- desconcertares infinitive second-person singular
- desconcertarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desconcertardes infinitive plural second-person
- desconcertarem infinitive plural third-person
- desconcertando gerund
- desconcertados masculine participle past
- desconcertada feminine participle past
- desconcertadas feminine participle past
- desconcertas indicative present second-person
- desconcerta indicative present singular
- desconcertamos first-person indicative plural
- desconcertais indicative plural present
- desconcertam indicative plural present
- desconcertava first-person imperfect indicative
- desconcertavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desconcertar?
- Brazil /des.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.kõ.sehˈta(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈta(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 desconcertar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desconcertar in Portuguese?
desconcertar appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).