desertor
Portuguese, noun/de.zeʁˈtoʁ/
desertor is spelled D-E-S-E-R-T-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desertor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deserter (person who leaves a military unit without permission)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “militar que deserta, que abandona as fileiras do exército”.
What does desertor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeserter (person who leaves a military unit without permission)
- 2
masculinesomeone who abandons a cause
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. militar que deserta, que abandona as fileiras do exército 2. trânsfuga 3. aquele que abandona um partido, uma causa
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 desertor
- desertores plural
- desertora feminine
- desertoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desertor?
- Brazil /de.zeʁˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [de.zehˈtoh]
- /de.zeɾˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desertor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desertor in Portuguese?
desertor appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).