desonesto
Portuguese, adjective/de.zoˈnɛs.tu/
desonesto is spelled D-E-S-O-N-E-S-T-O (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desonesto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “dishonest, dodgy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desonestar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não tem honestidade”.
What does desonesto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dishonest, dodgy
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desonestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não tem honestidade
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 desonesto
- desonesta feminine
- desonestos masculine plural
- desonestas feminine plural
- mais desonesto comparative
- o mais desonesto superlative
- desonestíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desonesto?
- Brazil /de.zoˈnɛs.tu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zoˈnɛs.tu/
- Portugal /dɨ.zu.ˈnɛʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desonesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desonesto in Portuguese?
desonesto appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).