desenvolto
Portuguese, adjective/de.zẽˈvow.tu/
desenvolto is spelled D-E-S-E-N-V-O-L-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenvolto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “fluent, at ease, agile, vivacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desembaraçado”.
What does desenvolto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fluent, at ease, agile, vivacious
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desembaraçado 2. travesso 3. libertino, desonesto
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 desenvolto
- desenvolta feminine
- desenvoltos masculine plural
- desenvoltas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desenvolto?
- Brazil /de.zẽˈvow.tu/
- Brazil [de.zẽˈvoʊ̯.tu]
- Brazil /de.zĩˈvow.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desenvolto in Portuguese?
desenvolto appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).