desejar
Portuguese, verb/de.zeˈʒa(ʁ)/
desejar is spelled D-E-S-E-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,888th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desejar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “querer realizar algo”.
What does desejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wish
- 2
to desire
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. querer realizar algo 2. ter desejos, favoráveis ou não 3. dizer despedida ou saudação
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 desejar
- desejo first-person present singular
- desejei first-person preterite singular
- desejado participle past
- desejares infinitive second-person singular
- desejarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desejardes infinitive plural second-person
- desejarem infinitive plural third-person
- desejando gerund
- desejados masculine participle past
- desejada feminine participle past
- desejadas feminine participle past
- desejas indicative present second-person
- deseja indicative present singular
- desejamos first-person indicative plural
- desejais indicative plural present
- desejam indicative plural present
- desejava first-person imperfect indicative
- desejavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desejar?
- Brazil /de.zeˈʒa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zeˈʒa(h)]
- /de.zeˈʒa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desejar in Portuguese?
desejar appears 22 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).