desleixo
Portuguese, noun/dezˈle(j).ʃu/
desleixo is spelled D-E-S-L-E-I-X-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desleixo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “negligence, neglect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desleixar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “descuido”.
What does desleixo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenegligence, neglect
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desleixar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. descuido
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 desleixo
- desleixos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desleixo?
- Brazil /dezˈle(j).ʃu/
- Brazil [dezˈle(ɪ̯).ʃu]
- Brazil /d͡ʒizˈle(j).ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desleixo in Portuguese?
desleixo 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).