deslizar
Portuguese, verb/dez.liˈza(ʁ)/
deslizar is spelled D-E-S-L-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deslizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to slip; to slide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escorregar suavemente, resvalar, afastar-se lentamente”.
What does deslizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slip; to slide
- 2
to swipe (to interact with a touch screen)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. escorregar suavemente, resvalar, afastar-se lentamente: 2. andar ou dançar com suavidade: 3. abandonar o caminho considerado correto:
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 deslizar
- deslizo first-person present singular
- deslizei first-person preterite singular
- deslizado participle past
- deslizares infinitive second-person singular
- deslizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- deslizardes infinitive plural second-person
- deslizarem infinitive plural third-person
- deslizando gerund
- deslizados masculine participle past
- deslizada feminine participle past
- deslizadas feminine participle past
- deslizas indicative present second-person
- desliza indicative present singular
- deslizamos first-person indicative plural
- deslizais indicative plural present
- deslizam indicative plural present
- deslizava first-person imperfect indicative
- deslizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deslizar?
- Brazil /dez.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.liˈza(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.liˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deslizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deslizar in Portuguese?
deslizar appears 1.5 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).