desleixar
Portuguese, verb/dez.le(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/
desleixar is spelled D-E-S-L-E-I-X-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desleixar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to neglect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “descuidar-se”.
What does desleixar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to neglect
- 2
to neglect oneself; to slack off
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. descuidar-se 2. tornar-se 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 desleixar
- desleixo first-person present singular
- desleixei first-person preterite singular
- desleixado participle past
- desleixares infinitive second-person singular
- desleixarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desleixardes infinitive plural second-person
- desleixarem infinitive plural third-person
- desleixando gerund
- desleixados masculine participle past
- desleixada feminine participle past
- desleixadas feminine participle past
- desleixas indicative present second-person
- desleixa indicative present singular
- desleixamos first-person indicative plural
- desleixais indicative plural present
- desleixam indicative plural present
- desleixava first-person imperfect indicative
- desleixavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desleixar?
- Brazil /dez.le(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.le(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.le(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desleixar in Portuguese?
desleixar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).