desincentivar
Portuguese, verb/de.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
desincentivar is spelled D-E-S-I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desincentivar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disincentivize, to deter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desincentivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disincentivize, to deter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desincentivar
- desincentivo first-person present singular
- desincentivei first-person preterite singular
- desincentivado participle past
- desincentivares infinitive second-person singular
- desincentivarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desincentivardes infinitive plural second-person
- desincentivarem infinitive plural third-person
- desincentivando gerund
- desincentivados masculine participle past
- desincentivada feminine participle past
- desincentivadas feminine participle past
- desincentivas indicative present second-person
- desincentiva indicative present singular
- desincentivamos first-person indicative plural
- desincentivais indicative plural present
- desincentivam indicative plural present
- desincentivava first-person imperfect indicative
- desincentivavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desincentivar?
- Brazil /de.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desincentivar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desincentivar in Portuguese?
desincentivar appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).