desencantar
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
desencantar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-N-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencantar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disenchant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desencantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disenchant
- 2
to find, to track down
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desencantar
- desencanto first-person present singular
- desencantei first-person preterite singular
- desencantado participle past
- desencantares infinitive second-person singular
- desencantarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desencantardes infinitive plural second-person
- desencantarem infinitive plural third-person
- desencantando gerund
- desencantados masculine participle past
- desencantada feminine participle past
- desencantadas feminine participle past
- desencantas indicative present second-person
- desencanta indicative present singular
- desencantamos first-person indicative plural
- desencantais indicative plural present
- desencantam indicative plural present
- desencantava first-person imperfect indicative
- desencantavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencantar?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desencantar in Portuguese?
desencantar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).