desencontrar
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/
desencontrar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencontrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hinder a meeting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desencontrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hinder a meeting
- 2
to differ
- 3
to miss each other; to fail to meet
- 4
to disagree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desencontrar
- desencontro first-person present singular
- desencontrei first-person preterite singular
- desencontrado participle past
- desencontrares infinitive second-person singular
- desencontrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desencontrardes infinitive plural second-person
- desencontrarem infinitive plural third-person
- desencontrando gerund
- desencontrados masculine participle past
- desencontrada feminine participle past
- desencontradas feminine participle past
- desencontras indicative present second-person
- desencontra indicative present singular
- desencontramos first-person indicative plural
- desencontrais indicative plural present
- desencontram indicative plural present
- desencontrava first-person imperfect indicative
- desencontravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencontrar?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.kõˈtɾa(h)]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desencontrar in Portuguese?
desencontrar appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).