desenho
Portuguese, noun/deˈzẽ.ɲu/
desenho is spelled D-E-S-E-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “drawing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desenhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de linhas e pontos sobre um plano que formam uma imagem ou ilustração”.
What does desenho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrawing
- 2
masculinedesign
- 3
colloquialmasculineellipsis of desenho animado; cartoon
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desenhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de linhas e pontos sobre um plano que formam uma imagem ou ilustração 2. o ato de desenhar 3. uma imagem produzida por um desenhista 4. a forma de um produto de design
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desenho
- desenhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desenho?
- Brazil /deˈzẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [deˈzẽ.j̃u]
- Portugal /dɨˈzɐ(j).ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desenho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desenho in Portuguese?
desenho appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).