desinformação
Portuguese, noun/de.zĩ.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
desinformação is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinformação is a Portuguese noun meaning “disinformation, misinformation, fake news (dissemination of intentionally false information)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “informação falsa propagada deliberadamente”.
What does desinformação mean in English?
noun
- 1
disinformation, misinformation, fake news (dissemination of intentionally false information)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. informação falsa propagada deliberadamente
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 desinformação
- desinformação f |desinformações canonical
- desinformações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinformação?
- Brazil /de.zĩ.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.zĩ.foɦ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zĩ.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desinformação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desinformação in Portuguese?
desinformação appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).