# designar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /dɨ.zi.ˈɡnaɾ/ · frequency rank #14,336

## Definitions
1. indicar para exercer (cargo ou emprego); nomear
2. servir de nome a; denominar
3. determinar, estabelecer, fixar
4. ser o símbolo de; representar
5. apontar, mostrar

## Easily confused with
- **desligar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/designar-vs-desligar)
- **desigual** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/designar-vs-desigual)
- **destinar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/designar-vs-destinar)
- **desígnio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/designar-vs-designio)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddesignar`, `deisgnar`, `desginar`, `desiganr`, `desiggnar`, `designarr`, `designnar`, `designra`, `desingar`, `dessignar`, `dseignar`, `edsignar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/designar