desempregar
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/
desempregar is spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-R-E-G-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desempregar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fire (an employee)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer perder o emprego”.
What does desempregar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fire (an employee)
- 2
to quit one's job
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer perder o emprego
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 desempregar
- desemprego first-person present singular
- desempreguei first-person preterite singular
- desempregado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- desempregares infinitive second-person singular
- desempregarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desempregardes infinitive plural second-person
- desempregarem infinitive plural third-person
- desempregando gerund
- desempregados masculine participle past
- desempregada feminine participle past
- desempregadas feminine participle past
- desempregas indicative present second-person
- desemprega indicative present singular
- desempregamos first-person indicative plural
- desempregais indicative plural present
- desempregam indicative plural present
- desempregava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desempregar?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desempregar in Portuguese?
desempregar appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).