desengonçado
Portuguese, adjective/de.zẽ.ɡõˈsa.du/
desengonçado is spelled D-E-S-E-N-G-O-N-Ç-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desengonçado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “gangling, clumsy, disjointed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desengonçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gangling, clumsy, disjointed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desengonçado
- desengonçada feminine
- desengonçados masculine plural
- desengonçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desengonçado?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.ɡõˈsa.du/
- Brazil /de.zĩ.ɡõˈsa.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ɡõˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desengonçado in Portuguese?
desengonçado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).