desorientado
Portuguese, adjective/de.zo.ɾi.ẽˈta.du/
desorientado is spelled D-E-S-O-R-I-E-N-T-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desorientado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “disoriented, lost, confused” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desorientar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que deixou de possuir orientação”.
What does desorientado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disoriented, lost, confused
verb
- 1
past participle of desorientar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que deixou de possuir orientação 2. que perdeu o caminho certo; sem rumo 3. que não sabe como agir 4. que não tem ideia do que dizer; perplexo
noun: 1. indivíduo que está desorientado (sem rumo ou perplexo); confuso
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 desorientado
- desorientada feminine
- desorientados masculine plural
- desorientadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desorientado?
- Brazil /de.zo.ɾi.ẽˈta.du/
- Brazil /de.zo.ɾjẽˈta.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zo.ɾi.ẽˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desorientado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desorientado in Portuguese?
desorientado 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).