desnortear
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒiz.noʁ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
desnortear is spelled D-E-S-N-O-R-T-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desnortear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disorient, to confuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desviar do rumo”.
What does desnortear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disorient, to confuse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desviar do rumo 2. perder o rumo; perder o caminho
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 desnortear
- desnorteio first-person present singular
- desnorteei first-person preterite singular
- desnorteado participle past
- desnorteares infinitive second-person singular
- desnortearmos first-person infinitive plural
- desnorteardes infinitive plural second-person
- desnortearem infinitive plural third-person
- desnorteando gerund
- desnorteados masculine participle past
- desnorteada feminine participle past
- desnorteadas feminine participle past
- desnorteias indicative present second-person
- desnorteia indicative present singular
- desnorteamos first-person indicative plural
- desnorteais indicative plural present
- desnorteiam indicative plural present
- desnorteava first-person imperfect indicative
- desnorteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desnortear?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.noʁ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒiz.noh.t͡ʃiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.noʁˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desnortear in Portuguese?
desnortear appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).