desinteressado
Portuguese, adjective/de.zĩ.te.ɾeˈsa.du/
desinteressado is spelled D-E-S-I-N-T-E-R-E-S-S-A-D-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinteressado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “disinterested” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desinteressar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem desinteresse ou o demonstra”.
What does desinteressado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disinterested
- 2
unselfish
- 3
impartial
verb
- 1
past participle of desinteressar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem desinteresse ou o demonstra
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 desinteressado
- desinteressada feminine
- desinteressados masculine plural
- desinteressadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinteressado?
- Brazil /de.zĩ.te.ɾeˈsa.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zĩ.te.ɾeˈsa.du/
- Portugal /dɨ.zĩ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desinteressado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desinteressado in Portuguese?
desinteressado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).