desemprego
Portuguese, noun/de.zẽˈpɾe.ɡu/
desemprego is spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-R-E-G-O (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desemprego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “unemployment; joblessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desempregar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de desempregar”.
What does desemprego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunemployment; joblessness
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desempregar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de desempregar 2. falta de emprego 3. situação de quem está em busca de emprego e não encontra
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 desemprego
- desempregos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desemprego?
- Brazil /de.zẽˈpɾe.ɡu/
- Brazil /de.zĩˈpɾe.ɡu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpɾe.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desemprego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desemprego in Portuguese?
desemprego appears 15 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).