desertar
Portuguese, verb/de.zeʁˈta(ʁ)/
desertar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to desert (leave military service)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to desert (leave military service)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desertar
- deserto first-person present singular
- desertei first-person preterite singular
- desertado participle past
- desertares infinitive second-person singular
- desertarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desertardes infinitive plural second-person
- desertarem infinitive plural third-person
- desertando gerund
- desertados masculine participle past
- desertada feminine participle past
- desertadas feminine participle past
- desertas indicative present second-person
- deserta indicative present singular
- desertamos first-person indicative plural
- desertais indicative plural present
- desertam indicative plural present
- desertava first-person imperfect indicative
- desertavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desertar?
- Brazil /de.zeʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zehˈta(h)]
- /de.zeɾˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desertar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desertar in Portuguese?
desertar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).