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desembaraço

Portuguese, noun/de.zẽ.baˈɾa.su/

desembaraço is spelled D-E-S-E-M-B-A-R-A-Ç-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desembaraço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “agility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desembaraçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agilidade”.

What does desembaraço mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineagility

  2. 2

    masculineresourcefulness

  3. 3

    masculinecourage

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of desembaraçar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. agilidade 2. desenvoltura 3. coragem

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 desembaraço

  • desembaraços plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desembaraço?

  • Brazil /de.zẽ.baˈɾa.su/
  • Brazil /de.zĩ.baˈɾa.su/
  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.zẽ.baˈɾa.su/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is desembaraço in Portuguese?

desembaraço 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).

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