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desligamento

Portuguese, noun/dez.li.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/

desligamento is spelled D-E-S-L-I-G-A-M-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desligamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “turning off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de desligar(-se); separação”.

What does desligamento mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineturning off

  2. 2

    masculineseparation, unbinding

  3. 3

    masculineunlinking

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato ou efeito de desligar(-se); separação 2. interrupção de funcionamento de um aparelho, sistema ou serviço 3. término de vínculo empregatício ou contratual 4. afastamento ou retirada de alguém de determinada atividade ou função

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 desligamento

  • desligamentos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desligamento?

  • Brazil /dez.li.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/
  • /deʒ.li.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/
  • Portugal /dɨʒ.li.ɡɐˈmẽ.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is desligamento in Portuguese?

desligamento appears 2.2 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).

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