desencontrado
Portuguese, adjective/de.zẽ.kõˈtɾa.du/
desencontrado is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-D-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencontrado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “mismatched, disagreeing, contrary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desencontrar.
What does desencontrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mismatched, disagreeing, contrary
verb
- 1
past participle of desencontrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desencontrado
- desencontrada feminine
- desencontrados masculine plural
- desencontradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencontrado?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.kõˈtɾa.du/
- Brazil /de.zĩ.kõˈtɾa.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zẽ.kõˈtɾa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desencontrado in Portuguese?
desencontrado appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).