desembainhar
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.ba.ĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
desembainhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to unsheathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar da bainha”.
What does desembainhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unsheathe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar da bainha 2. remover a barra/bainha de uma roupa
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 desembainhar
- desembainho first-person present singular
- desembainhei first-person preterite singular
- desembainhado participle past
- desembainhares infinitive second-person singular
- desembainharmos first-person infinitive plural
- desembainhardes infinitive plural second-person
- desembainharem infinitive plural third-person
- desembainhando gerund
- desembainhados masculine participle past
- desembainhada feminine participle past
- desembainhadas feminine participle past
- desembainhas indicative present second-person
- desembainha indicative present singular
- desembainhamos first-person indicative plural
- desembainhais indicative plural present
- desembainham indicative plural present
- desembainhava first-person imperfect indicative
- desembainhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desembainhar?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.ba.ĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.ba.ĩˈj̃a(h)]
- /de.zẽ.ba.ĩˈɲa(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 desembainhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desembainhar in Portuguese?
desembainhar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).