desfavorável
Portuguese, adjective/des.fa.voˈɾa.vew/
desfavorável is spelled D-E-S-F-A-V-O-R-Á-V-E-L (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desfavorável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “unfavourable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não favorável”.
What does desfavorável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineunfavourable
- 2
femininemasculineadverse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não favorável 2. contrário, adverso
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 desfavorável
- desfavoráveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desfavorável?
- Brazil /des.fa.voˈɾa.vew/
- Brazil [des.fa.voˈɾa.veʊ̯]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.fa.voˈɾa.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desfavorável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desfavorável in Portuguese?
desfavorável appears 2.3 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).