desktop
Portuguese, noun/ˌdɛs.kiˈtɔ.pi/
desktop is spelled D-E-S-K-T-O-P (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desktop is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “desktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver área de trabalho, ambiente gráfico”.
What does desktop mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedesktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)
- 2
masculinedesktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver área de trabalho, ambiente gráfico 2. ver computador de mesa, computador de secretária
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 desktop
- desktops plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desktop?
- Brazil /ˌdɛs.kiˈtɔ.pi/
- /ˌdɛʃ.kiˈtɔ.pi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desktop
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desktop in Portuguese?
desktop appears 2.3 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).