deserto
Portuguese, noun/deˈzɛʁ.tu/
deserto is spelled D-E-S-E-R-T-O (7 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deserto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “desert (barren area)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desertar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “região árida e despovoada, com vegetação pobre, adaptada à escassez de chuva”.
What does deserto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedesert (barren area)
adjective
- 1
deserted, abandoned
- 2
arid, desertic
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desertar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desabitado, despovoado, solitário 2. em que não vive gente; pouco frequentado, ermo 3. solitário
noun: 1. região árida e despovoada, com vegetação pobre, adaptada à escassez de chuva
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 deserto
- desertos plural
- deserta feminine
- desertas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deserto?
- Brazil /deˈzɛʁ.tu/
- Brazil [deˈzɛh.tu]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiˈzɛʁ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deserto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deserto in Portuguese?
deserto appears 21 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).