desmame
Portuguese, noun/dezˈmɐ̃.mi/
desmame is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of desmama (“weaning”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of desmamar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período em que um ser deixa de mamar”.
What does desmame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of desmama (“weaning”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período em que um ser deixa de mamar 2. ato de desmamar
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 desmame
- desmames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmame?
- Brazil /dezˈmɐ̃.mi/
- Brazil /d͡ʒizˈmɐ̃.mi/
- /deʒˈmɐ̃.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desmame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmame in Portuguese?
desmame appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).