desídia
Portuguese, noun/deˈzi.d͡ʒjɐ/
desídia is spelled D-E-S-Í-D-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desídia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “negligence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preguiça”.
What does desídia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenegligence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preguiça 2. indolência 3. desleixo, a desatenção, a indolência com que o empregado executa os serviços que lhe estão afetos
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 desídia
- desídias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desídia?
- Brazil /deˈzi.d͡ʒjɐ/
- Portugal /dɨˈzi.djɐ/
- Portugal [dɨˈzi.ðjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desídia in Portuguese?
desídia appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).