desentender
Portuguese, verb/de.zẽ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
desentender is spelled D-E-S-E-N-T-E-N-D-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desentender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to have an argument, to verbally fight with someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não entender”.
What does desentender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have an argument, to verbally fight with someone
Desentendeu-se com o amigo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. não entender
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 desentender
- desentendo first-person present singular
- desentendi first-person preterite singular
- desentendido participle past
- desentenderes infinitive second-person singular
- desentendermos first-person infinitive plural
- desentenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- desentenderem infinitive plural third-person
- desentendendo gerund
- desentendidos masculine participle past
- desentendida feminine participle past
- desentendidas feminine participle past
- desentendes indicative present second-person
- desentende indicative present singular
- desentendemos first-person indicative plural
- desentendeis indicative plural present
- desentendem indicative plural present
- desentendia first-person imperfect indicative
- desentendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desentender?
- Brazil /de.zẽ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zẽ.tẽˈde(h)]
- Brazil /de.zĩ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desentender in Portuguese?
desentender appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).