desmistificar
Portuguese, verb/dez.mis.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
desmistificar is spelled D-E-S-M-I-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmistificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to demystify (to explain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “remover o caráter místico de”.
What does desmistificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demystify (to explain)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. remover o caráter místico de 2. revelar aquilo que mistifica, engana
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 desmistificar
- desmistifico first-person present singular
- desmistifiquei first-person preterite singular
- desmistificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desmistificares infinitive second-person singular
- desmistificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desmistificardes infinitive plural second-person
- desmistificarem infinitive plural third-person
- desmistificando gerund
- desmistificados masculine participle past
- desmistificada feminine participle past
- desmistificadas feminine participle past
- desmistificas indicative present second-person
- desmistifica indicative present singular
- desmistificamos first-person indicative plural
- desmistificais indicative plural present
- desmistificam indicative plural present
- desmistificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmistificar?
- Brazil /dez.mis.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.mis.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.mis.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(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 desmistificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmistificar in Portuguese?
desmistificar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).