desinfetar
Portuguese, verb/de.zĩ.feˈta(ʁ)/
desinfetar is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-E-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinfetar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disinfect (to sterilize by the use of cleaning agent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variação de desinfectar”.
What does desinfetar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disinfect (to sterilize by the use of cleaning agent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. variação de desinfectar 2. sair de um lugar onde se incomoda a outrem, ir embora
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 desinfetar
- desinfeto first-person present singular
- desinfetei first-person preterite singular
- desinfetado participle past
- desinfetares infinitive second-person singular
- desinfetarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desinfetardes infinitive plural second-person
- desinfetarem infinitive plural third-person
- desinfetando gerund
- desinfetados masculine participle past
- desinfetada feminine participle past
- desinfetadas feminine participle past
- desinfetas indicative present second-person
- desinfeta indicative present singular
- desinfetamos first-person indicative plural
- desinfetais indicative plural present
- desinfetam indicative plural present
- desinfetava first-person imperfect indicative
- desinfetavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinfetar?
- Brazil /de.zĩ.feˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zĩ.feˈta(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zĩ.feˈta(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 desinfetar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desinfetar in Portuguese?
desinfetar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).