desmaio
Portuguese, noun/dezˈmaj.u/
desmaio is spelled D-E-S-M-A-I-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmaio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “faint, swoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desmaiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perda dos sentidos”.
What does desmaio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefaint, swoon
- 2
masculinepaleness, discouragement
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desmaiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. perda dos sentidos 2. desfalecimento 3. síncope 4. desalento
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 desmaio
- desmaios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmaio?
- Brazil /dezˈmaj.u/
- Brazil [dezˈmaɪ̯.u]
- Brazil /d͡ʒizˈmaj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desmaio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmaio in Portuguese?
desmaio appears 1.1 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).