desemmerdar
Portuguese, verb/dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.daɾ/
desemmerdar is spelled D-E-S-E-M-M-E-R-D-A-R (11 letters). Desemmerdar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take oneself out of a difficult situation, without help; to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to be on one's own” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desemmerdar mean in English?
verb
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Portugalvulgarto take oneself out of a difficult situation, without help; to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to be on one's own
Tu é que te puseste nessa situação, agora desemmerda-te
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desemmerdar
- desemmerdo first-person present singular
- desemmerdei first-person preterite singular
- desemmerdado participle past
- desemmerdares infinitive second-person singular
- desemmerdarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desemmerdardes infinitive plural second-person
- desemmerdarem infinitive plural third-person
- desemmerdando gerund
- desemmerdados masculine participle past
- desemmerdada feminine participle past
- desemmerdadas feminine participle past
- desemmerdas indicative present second-person
- desemmerda indicative present singular
- desemmerdamos first-person indicative plural
- desemmerdais indicative plural present
- desemmerdam indicative plural present
- desemmerdava first-person imperfect indicative
- desemmerdavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desemmerdar?
- Portugal /dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.daɾ/
- Portugal [dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.ðaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.