desemaranhar
Portuguese, verb/de.zi.ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
desemaranhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to unravel, disentangle (to separate the threads (of))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desfazer o emaranhado, desfazer a maranha”.
What does desemaranhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unravel, disentangle (to separate the threads (of))
- 2
to clarify
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desfazer o emaranhado, desfazer a maranha 2. desenlear, desenredar; desembaraçar 3. esclarecer; facilitar a compreensão do que é confuso
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 desemaranhar
- desemaranho first-person present singular
- desemaranhei first-person preterite singular
- desemaranhado participle past
- desemaranhares infinitive second-person singular
- desemaranharmos first-person infinitive plural
- desemaranhardes infinitive plural second-person
- desemaranharem infinitive plural third-person
- desemaranhando gerund
- desemaranhados masculine participle past
- desemaranhada feminine participle past
- desemaranhadas feminine participle past
- desemaranhas indicative present second-person
- desemaranha indicative present singular
- desemaranhamos first-person indicative plural
- desemaranhais indicative plural present
- desemaranham indicative plural present
- desemaranhava first-person imperfect indicative
- desemaranhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desemaranhar?
- Brazil /de.zi.ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zi.ma.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zi.ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desemaranhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desemaranhar in Portuguese?
desemaranhar appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).