desenrascanço
Portuguese, noun/de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/
desenrascanço is spelled D-E-S-E-N-R-A-S-C-A-N-Ç-O (13 letters). Desenrascanço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “disentanglement (removal of complications or confusion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato ou habilidade de sair de enrascadas, problemas”.
What does desenrascanço mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinedisentanglement (removal of complications or confusion)
- 2
Portugalmasculinehack, improvised solution; a “MacGyverism”
- 3
Portugalmasculinethe ability to find improvised solutions to problems
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato ou habilidade de sair de enrascadas, problemas.
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 desenrascanço
- desenrascanços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desenrascanço?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.