desobedecer
Portuguese, verb/de.zo.be.deˈse(ʁ)/
desobedecer is spelled D-E-S-O-B-E-D-E-C-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desobedecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to disobey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não obedecer, recusando-se a acatar ordem, comando ou o que foi estabelecido em forma de lei, preceito etc”.
What does desobedecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disobey
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. não obedecer, recusando-se a acatar ordem, comando ou o que foi estabelecido em forma de lei, preceito etc.
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 desobedecer
- desobedeço first-person present singular
- desobedeci first-person preterite singular
- desobedecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- desobedeceres infinitive second-person singular
- desobedecermos first-person infinitive plural
- desobedecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- desobedecerem infinitive plural third-person
- desobedecendo gerund
- desobedecidos masculine participle past
- desobedecida feminine participle past
- desobedecidas feminine participle past
- desobedeces indicative present second-person
- desobedece indicative present singular
- desobedecemos first-person indicative plural
- desobedeceis indicative plural present
- desobedecem indicative plural present
- desobedecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desobedecer?
- Brazil /de.zo.be.deˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zo.be.deˈse(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desobedecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desobedecer in Portuguese?
desobedecer appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).