desinfectar
Portuguese, verb/de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/
desinfectar is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-E-C-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinfectar is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “livrar daquilo que infecta; sanear”.
What does desinfectar mean in English?
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desinfetar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
- 2
Brazilto un-infect; to disinfect in a medical setting
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. livrar daquilo que infecta; sanear
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 desinfectar
- desinfecto first-person present singular
- desinfectei first-person preterite singular
- desinfectado participle past
- desinfectares infinitive second-person singular
- desinfectarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desinfectardes infinitive plural second-person
- desinfectarem infinitive plural third-person
- desinfectando gerund
- desinfectados masculine participle past
- desinfectada feminine participle past
- desinfectadas feminine participle past
- desinfectas indicative present second-person
- desinfecta indicative present singular
- desinfectamos first-person indicative plural
- desinfectais indicative plural present
- desinfectam indicative plural present
- desinfectava first-person imperfect indicative
- desinfectavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinfectar?
- Brazil /de.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zĩ.fekˈta(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desinfectar in Portuguese?
desinfectar 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).