desleixado
Portuguese, adjective/dez.le(j)ˈʃa.du/
desleixado is spelled D-E-S-L-E-I-X-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desleixado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “tacky (dowdy, shabby in one's appearance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desleixar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “descuidado, negligente”.
What does desleixado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tacky (dowdy, shabby in one's appearance)
- 2
negligent
verb
- 1
past participle of desleixar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. descuidado, negligente
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 desleixado
- desleixada feminine
- desleixados masculine plural
- desleixadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desleixado?
- Brazil /dez.le(j)ˈʃa.du/
- Brazil [dez.le(ɪ̯)ˈʃa.du]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.le(j)ˈʃa.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 desleixado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desleixado in Portuguese?
desleixado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).