descumprir
Portuguese, verb/des.kũˈpɾi(ʁ)/
descumprir is spelled D-E-S-C-U-M-P-R-I-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descumprir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fail or refuse to comply with an obligation, rule or law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deixar de fazer o que manda o dever funcional”.
What does descumprir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fail or refuse to comply with an obligation, rule or law
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deixar de fazer o que manda o dever funcional 2. infringir 3. transgredir
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo descumprir 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo descumprir 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo descumprir 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo descumprir
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 descumprir
- descumpro first-person present singular
- descumpri first-person preterite singular
- descumprido participle past
- descumprires infinitive second-person singular
- descumprirmos first-person infinitive plural
- descumprirdes infinitive plural second-person
- descumprirem infinitive plural third-person
- descumprindo gerund
- descumpridos masculine participle past
- descumprida feminine participle past
- descumpridas feminine participle past
- descumpres indicative present second-person
- descumpre indicative present singular
- descumprimos first-person indicative plural
- descumpris indicative plural present
- descumprem indicative plural present
- descumpria first-person imperfect indicative
- descumprias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descumprir?
- Brazil /des.kũˈpɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.kũˈpɾi(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kũˈpɾi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descumprir in Portuguese?
descumprir appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).