desencaminhar
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.ka.mĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
desencaminhar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-M-I-N-H-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencaminhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mislead (lead in an incorrect direction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar do caminho”.
What does desencaminhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mislead (lead in an incorrect direction)
- 2
to corrupt; to pervert (to draw away from the right path)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar do caminho 2. perder, extraviar 3. ser má influência; corromper, perverter 4. sair do bom caminho, ter atitudes ou um estilo de vida considerado ruim
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 desencaminhar
- desencaminho first-person present singular
- desencaminhei first-person preterite singular
- desencaminhado participle past
- desencaminhares infinitive second-person singular
- desencaminharmos first-person infinitive plural
- desencaminhardes infinitive plural second-person
- desencaminharem infinitive plural third-person
- desencaminhando gerund
- desencaminhados masculine participle past
- desencaminhada feminine participle past
- desencaminhadas feminine participle past
- desencaminhas indicative present second-person
- desencaminha indicative present singular
- desencaminhamos first-person indicative plural
- desencaminhais indicative plural present
- desencaminham indicative plural present
- desencaminhava first-person imperfect indicative
- desencaminhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencaminhar?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.ka.mĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.ka.mĩˈj̃a(h)]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.ka.mĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desencaminhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desencaminhar in Portuguese?
desencaminhar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).