desinfectante
Portuguese, noun/de.zĩ.fekˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
desinfectante is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-E-C-T-A-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinfectante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetante; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desinfectante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetante; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetante; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desinfectante
- desinfectantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinfectante?
- Brazil /de.zĩ.fekˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desinfectante in Portuguese?
desinfectante appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).