desconfiado
Portuguese, adjective/des.kõ.fiˈa.du/
desconfiado is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-F-I-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desconfiado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desconfiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que desconfia”.
What does desconfiado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious
verb
- 1
past participle of desconfiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que desconfia 2. que não confia 3. receoso 4. que se agasta facilmente
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 desconfiado
- desconfiada feminine
- desconfiados masculine plural
- desconfiadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desconfiado?
- Brazil /des.kõ.fiˈa.du/
- Brazil /des.kõˈfja.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kõ.fiˈa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desconfiado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desconfiado in Portuguese?
desconfiado appears 1.9 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).