desde
Portuguese, preposition
desde is spelled D-E-S-D-E (5 letters) and appears 575 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desde is a Portuguese preposition meaning “since” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, desdê is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a começar de; a partir de”.
What does desde mean in English?
preposition
- 1
since
desde o dia 17 de abril
- 2
from
percorremos tudo, desde o norte até o sul
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. a começar de; a partir de
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.
English words that translate to desde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desde in Portuguese?
desde appears 575 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).