desconstruir
Portuguese, verb/des.kõs.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/
desconstruir is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-R (12 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desconstruir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take apart (something built)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reduzir a nada”.
What does desconstruir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take apart (something built)
- 2
to deconstruct
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. reduzir a nada 2. indispor, descombinar partes 3. destruir
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 desconstruir
- desconstruo first-person present singular
- desconstruí first-person preterite singular
- desconstruído participle past
- desconstruíres infinitive second-person singular
- desconstruirmos first-person infinitive plural
- desconstruirdes infinitive plural second-person
- desconstruírem infinitive plural third-person
- desconstruindo gerund
- desconstruídos masculine participle past
- desconstruída feminine participle past
- desconstruídas feminine participle past
- desconstróis indicative present second-person
- desconstruis indicative present second-person
- desconstrói indicative present singular
- desconstrui indicative present singular
- desconstruímos first-person indicative plural
- desconstruís indicative plural present
- desconstroem indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desconstruir?
- Brazil /des.kõs.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.kõs.tɾuˈi(h)]
- Brazil /des.kõsˈtɾwi(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 desconstruir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desconstruir in Portuguese?
desconstruir 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).