desobrigar
Portuguese, verb/de.zo.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
desobrigar is spelled D-E-S-O-B-R-I-G-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desobrigar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to release, free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “livrar de uma obrigação”.
What does desobrigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to release, free
- 2
to relieve
- 3
to confess
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. livrar de uma obrigação 2. absolver
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 desobrigar
- desobrigo first-person present singular
- desobriguei first-person preterite singular
- desobrigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- desobrigares infinitive second-person singular
- desobrigarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desobrigardes infinitive plural second-person
- desobrigarem infinitive plural third-person
- desobrigando gerund
- desobrigados masculine participle past
- desobrigada feminine participle past
- desobrigadas feminine participle past
- desobrigas indicative present second-person
- desobriga indicative present singular
- desobrigamos first-person indicative plural
- desobrigais indicative plural present
- desobrigam indicative plural present
- desobrigava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desobrigar?
- Brazil /de.zo.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zo.bɾiˈɡa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zo.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desobrigar in Portuguese?
desobrigar appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).