desmazelado
Portuguese, adjective/dez.ma.zeˈla.du/
desmazelado is spelled D-E-S-M-A-Z-E-L-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmazelado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unkempt, tacky, dowdy, shabby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desleixado”.
What does desmazelado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unkempt, tacky, dowdy, shabby
- 2
careless, negligent
- 3
sick, diseased
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desleixado 2. negligente 3. sem mazelas
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 desmazelado
- desmazelada feminine
- desmazelados masculine plural
- desmazeladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmazelado?
- Brazil /dez.ma.zeˈla.du/
- /deʒ.ma.zeˈla.du/
- Portugal /dɨʒ.mɐ.zɨˈla.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desmazelado in Portuguese?
desmazelado appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).