desempenho
Portuguese, noun/de.zẽˈpẽ.ɲu/
desempenho is spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-E-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desempenho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “achievement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desempenhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de desempenhar, forma de execução de cargo, tarefa ou função”.
What does desempenho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineachievement
- 2
masculineperformance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)
- 3
masculineperformance; acting
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desempenhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de desempenhar, forma de execução de cargo, tarefa ou função: 2. ato ou efeito de desempenhar, resgatar de penhor, livrar de dívidas: 3. eficiência, habilidade, eficácia no desenvolvimento de uma ação
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 desempenho
- desempenhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desempenho?
- Brazil /de.zẽˈpẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [de.zẽˈpẽ.j̃u]
- Brazil /de.zĩˈpẽ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desempenho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desempenho in Portuguese?
desempenho appears 47 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).