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descrito

Portuguese, adjective/desˈkɾi.tu/

descrito is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descrito is a Portuguese adjective meaning “described (having a description)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of descrever. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escrito”.

What does descrito mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    described (having a description)

  2. 2

    described (having been formally described to science)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of descrever

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. escrito 2. enumerado 3. exposto

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 descrito

  • descrita feminine
  • descritos masculine plural
  • descritas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce descrito?

  • Brazil /desˈkɾi.tu/
  • Brazil /d͡ʒisˈkɾi.tu/
  • /deʃˈkɾi.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is descrito in Portuguese?

descrito appears 14 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).

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