desesperação
Portuguese, noun/de.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
desesperação is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desesperação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “desperation (the act of despairing or becoming desperate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desespero”.
What does desesperação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedesperation (the act of despairing or becoming desperate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desespero 2. desesperança
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 desesperação
- desesperações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desesperação?
- Brazil /de.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.zis.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /de.zes.pe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desesperação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desesperação in Portuguese?
desesperação appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).