desgarrar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒiz.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/
desgarrar is spelled D-E-S-G-A-R-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgarrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lead astray; to mislead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afastar(-se) de”.
What does desgarrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lead astray; to mislead
- 2
to push off course (boat or ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afastar(-se) de 2. desviar(-se) do caminho 3. desviar(-se) do caminho moralmente correto; afastar(-se) da moral 4. distanciar-se de algo, geralmente abstrato
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 desgarrar
- desgarro first-person present singular
- desgarrei first-person preterite singular
- desgarrado participle past
- desgarrares infinitive second-person singular
- desgarrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desgarrardes infinitive plural second-person
- desgarrarem infinitive plural third-person
- desgarrando gerund
- desgarrados masculine participle past
- desgarrada feminine participle past
- desgarradas feminine participle past
- desgarras indicative present second-person
- desgarra indicative present singular
- desgarramos first-person indicative plural
- desgarrais indicative plural present
- desgarram indicative plural present
- desgarrava first-person imperfect indicative
- desgarravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desgarrar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒiz.ɡaˈha(h)]
- Brazil /dez.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desgarrar in Portuguese?
desgarrar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).