desencanar
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.kaˈna(ʁ)/
desencanar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-N-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencanar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to remove (water or another liquid) from a pipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar (líquido) do cano”.
What does desencanar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove (water or another liquid) from a pipe
verb
- 1
Brazilcolloquialto stop worrying (about something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar (líquido) do cano 2. tirar cana (usada pra sedimentar osso quebrado) 3. livrar-se de uma ideia fixa
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 desencanar
- desencano first-person present singular
- desencanei first-person preterite singular
- desencanado participle past
- desencanares infinitive second-person singular
- desencanarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desencanardes infinitive plural second-person
- desencanarem infinitive plural third-person
- desencanando gerund
- desencanados masculine participle past
- desencanada feminine participle past
- desencanadas feminine participle past
- desencanas indicative present second-person
- desencana indicative present singular
- desencanamos first-person indicative plural
- desencanais indicative plural present
- desencanam indicative plural present
- desencanava first-person imperfect indicative
- desencanavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencanar?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.kaˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.kaˈna(h)]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.kaˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desencanar in Portuguese?
desencanar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).