desfalecimento
Portuguese, noun/des.fa.le.siˈmẽ.tu/
desfalecimento is spelled D-E-S-F-A-L-E-C-I-M-E-N-T-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desfalecimento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “swoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de desfalecer”.
What does desfalecimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswoon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de desfalecer 2. condição da pessoa que perde (momentaneamente) as forças físicas 3. desmaio ou vertigem 4. falta de ânimo; perda ou diminuição da disposição; desânimo
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 desfalecimento
- desfalecimentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desfalecimento?
- Brazil /des.fa.le.siˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.fa.le.siˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /dɨʃ.fɐ.lɨ.si.ˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desfalecimento in Portuguese?
desfalecimento appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).