desencanto
Portuguese, noun/de.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/
desencanto is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencanto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “disillusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desencantar.
What does desencanto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedisillusion
- 2
masculinedisenchantment
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desencantar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desencanto
- desencantos plural
- desencantamento alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencanto?
- Brazil /de.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/
- Brazil /de.zĩˈkɐ̃.tu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desencanto in Portuguese?
desencanto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).