desconversar
Portuguese, verb/des.kõ.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/
desconversar is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desconversar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to change the subject, especially to avoid an uncomfortable topic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudar de assunto”.
What does desconversar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to change the subject, especially to avoid an uncomfortable topic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mudar de assunto 2. parar de conversar
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 desconversar
- desconverso first-person present singular
- desconversei first-person preterite singular
- desconversado participle past
- desconversares infinitive second-person singular
- desconversarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desconversardes infinitive plural second-person
- desconversarem infinitive plural third-person
- desconversando gerund
- desconversados masculine participle past
- desconversada feminine participle past
- desconversadas feminine participle past
- desconversas indicative present second-person
- desconversa indicative present singular
- desconversamos first-person indicative plural
- desconversais indicative plural present
- desconversam indicative plural present
- desconversava first-person imperfect indicative
- desconversavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desconversar?
- Brazil /des.kõ.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.kõ.vehˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kõ.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desconversar in Portuguese?
desconversar appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).